[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 250899] Re: f-spot starts twice, recognizes camera thrice, imports pictures infinitely often

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[Expired for f-spot (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: f-spot (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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f-spot starts twice, recognizes camera thrice, imports pictures infinitely often
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250899
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Status in “f-spot” package in Ubuntu: Expired

Bug description:
Binary package hint: f-spot

If I plug in a camera, I get a window "Kamera Importieren" with the two options (I am retranslating from the l10ned text from now on) "Ignore" and "Import" and a checkbox "always perform this action" which, if checked, doesn't do anything at all. A few seconds later another F-Spot window opens, together with the camera selection window. I can either click "Ignore" on the first window and keep these, or close the latter two windows and click "Import" in the first window to end up with one instance of F-Spot running. Why can't it start just once instead of confusing the user with two different startup windows simultaneously?

The window for selecting the camera to import from displays three copies of the camara (a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12): once as /media/disk, once a usb: and once as usb:001,009 (numbers vary). Selecting either of the latter two makes F-Spot hang for several seconds before displaying an error message, only /media/disk works. Why can't it display just one working instance of the camera instead of confusing the user with several dynfunctional options?

Once you have found the right conbination of running instance and working import source, it will happily import all images it has long since imported (several times before) once again with a slightly different file name. Why can't it import pictures just once like it should instead of turning your photo collection into an unmanageable pile of dupes?

In contrast to F-Spot, importing pictures in gThumb is a breeze, it recongnizes the camera (once and correctly) and imports only the pictures it has not imported before.

Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
Release:	8.04
f-spot:
  Installiert:0.4.3.1-0ubuntu1
  Mögliche Pakete:0.4.3.1-0ubuntu1