On 6/25/20 1:55 PM, Pascal Obry wrote:
> Le jeudi 25 juin 2020 à 13:48 -0400, Jason Polak a écrit :
>> Here "Import" really means just open the folder.
> 
> No, it really means "import" as the pictures are indeed added as
> references into the database. The "import" as in say Python really
> means the same think, make it available, bring it "there" for being
> workable.

Think about this from a non-developer perspective.  If I'm using a spreadsheet, 
and I import a CSV
file, I'm actually making a copy of it, not simply referring to it.  There are 
ways of creating a
reference, such that the spreadsheet is updated when the reference is, but 
they're not called
"import".  But even from a developer perspective, if I'm doing database work, I 
think of data import
as import by value, not by reference.

> I would certainly see "open the folder" as far more confusing.

But that's exactly what it does, if one looks at it from the standpoint of a 
file manager (Dolphin,
Finder, what have you).
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