Hallöchen! Pascal de Bruijn writes:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Torsten Bronger > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pascal de Bruijn writes: >> >>> [...] >>> >>> I think this is by design. Darktable's primary source of >>> information is it's database. We write the .xmp files for >>> redundancy and easy interchangeability between Darktable users. >> >> What's the rationale of this precedence? I can imagine only use >> cases when the user would like it the other way round. > > Speed for one I think. Comparing timestamps would be enough for all practical purposes. > Darktable is an image management solution, it's assumed you manage > your library using Darktable, and don't fiddle around with the > files behind Darktable's back. But consider these two situations: Restoring RAW/xmp from backup; copying RAW/xmp from main computer to laptop for editing further and then copying back. Bye, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger Jabber ID: [email protected] or http://bronger-jmp.appspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 8 is here. Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
