Hi,
A small comment as ingenious user:
Does darktable create XMP files if I only plugin a USB stick? Not that
I'm aware of. I need to import the images, or not?
I have the impression that darktable is used as a kind of filemanager or
imageviewer. If I only want to edit a view images, I always can open
them one by one from a filemanager. There is no need for a time
consuming import, messing up the database with someones images.
There would also be the option to start darktable with the option
--configdir <user config directory> --library <library file> for cases
where I want to turn off XMP creation.
Please correct my if I am wrong.
BTW sometimes I mass tag and rate my images before editing.
Christian
Am 2016-11-22 16:48, schrieb Stéphane Gourichon:
Le 22/11/2016 à 12:30, Tobias Ellinghaus a écrit :
Am Montag, 21. November 2016, 18:19:30 CET schrieb Stéphane Gourichon:
What happens if you import your folder, cull the images, give ratings
and
color labels but never open any in darkroom? You wouldn't have any of
that
saved in sidecar files even though you invested hours in that. Sounds
like a
bad idea, doesn't it? Same is true for putting images on the map,
tagging or
any other operation on lighttable.
Thank you for mentioning those operations, they are obviously good
points. I naively thought they raised the "changed" flag. After
checking the source I see they are not.
Let's define what we want with a rationale:
"Any operation that would cause a XMP sidecar to *reflect any user
work (action/input) on this picture* should trigger creating it:
rating, labels, history (including applying styles, rotation),
metadata, tagging, geotagging, export".
I believe that this definition make it clear that a solution must
cover what you mentioned.
Do we miss some more user actions?
Thank you for any enlightenment.
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