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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

upstream closed the bug with that comment:

"The user who emailed about this was mostly worried that Shotwell might
actually remove their photos, which is not the case. When Shotwell asks
the user whether to import from the Pictures directory the first time it
runs, that import operation will not copy or delete anything.

I think this would best be addressed via improved documentation. Marking
as wontfix."

** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Also affects: shotwell
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Invalid

** Changed in: shotwell
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  shotwell does not advertize where it stores photo data before import

Status in Shotwell:
  Invalid
Status in “shotwell” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When I started shotwell, it prompted me to import my photos from
  ~/Pictures. Based on my experience with other photo managers in Linux,
  I had no idea how bad it was going to do (accidentally deleting
  things, creating all kinds of temporary files or dotfiles, messing
  with EXIF data, etc.) before I began the import.

  My solution was to move all of my pictures to a temporary folder
  (~/oldpics/) before importing from that folder. That way, if shotwell
  was the kind of photo manager to import in place, it would still get
  the files, but if it was the kind of photo manager to import by
  copying (or moving!), nothing would get deleted. That is, I did not
  have confidence shotwell wouldn't try to copy the files over
  themselves and hence delete them.

  My suggested fix is to have shotwell prompt the user whether to copy
  the pictures or import in place before opening the file open dialog.
  That way the user knows what he or she is getting into.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: shotwell 0.11.2-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-genUser Name 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Oct 16 22:50:51 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: shotwell
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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