On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Torsten Bronger
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

Timestamps aren't reliable per-se...

At least now the precedence is simple to understand, more logic means
it's harder to grasp, and more risk of unexpected behavior.

>> 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.

Then you need to drop the images from your library and re-import them.

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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