[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 34074] Re: F-Spot does not warn user if the free space is low before importing photos

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** Changed in: f-spot
   Importance: Unknown => Critical

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F-Spot does not warn user if the free space is low before importing photos
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34074
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Status in Personal photo management for the GNOME desktop: New
Status in “f-spot” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
Also see a related Gnome Bugzilla report:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322541

After importing a large number of pictures, the main hard disk may become full and all applications stop responding without any indication of low disk space. Mouse navigation works, but no applications will start from GUI.

Steps to reproduce:

1) fresh install of Dapper (nightly March 5th, updated) to a 10GB disk with standard partitioning: full disk erase, 2 partitions of which one is swap.
2) fresh install of f-spot
3) Import of large library of pictures. Default option copies the pictures to the hard disk, without apparent disk space check from either f-spot or dapper
4) When hard disk is full, all applications stop responding. Login through GUI doesn't work either.

Workaround:
1) Go to a TTY console using CTRL-ALT-F1, login and "rm -rf ~/Photos" directory to make space on hard disk
2) Erase "~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db" to reset f-spot database

Desired functionality:
f-spot should check for disk space availability before starting importing any size of pictures library in order to prevent an aborted and possibly corrupted import process

Dapper should check for low disk space in order to prevent permanent lockup of a system. Average users may not want/know how to go about the workaround described.