[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
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  F-Spot does not warn user if the free space is low before importing
  photos

Status in F-Spot:
  Won't Fix
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.

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