https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389680
Bug ID: 389680
Summary: prompt to relocate missing files
Product: digikam
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Database
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: stefan.mueller...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Digikams storing concept should be that any information in the DAM should
persist until such a time when the user actively chooses to remove it. There,
even if I remove a file, move it to another drive, move it to a NAS or anything
else - yes it will lose original file but it will show me that that connection
has been broken and I can go ahead and reestablish it - I will not lose any
information stored in the database.
Why can't digikam do the same thing? If the file goes missing, amend the still
existing preview with an icon telling the user that the original has vanished.
If he then wants to do something with the original prompt him with the file
dialog so that he can locate the original and thus regain access to it. If a
whole folder has gone missing (by for example renaming to reflect the location)
then locating one file would automatically reestablish database connection for
the rest. That way digikam would be much more robust, it just doesn't bode well
if the database information are still lost so easily...
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