Shotwell doesn't allow me to add multiple locations where my photos are stored. The usecase for this is I have a laptop that only has 128 GB of storage, so storing my 80 GB of photos on it doesn't work. I instead store all of my photos on a 320 GB external USB drive. As a result I cannot use shotwell to work on my photos as it only supports one location for your photo collection. An example of the functionality I am looking for can be found in digikam. Digikam allows you to add multiple collections. A collection can be located on a removable storage device, a local system path, or even a network device. It then indexes the entire collection and stores information about that collection in its database.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: shotwell 0.13.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 19 21:33:10 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-10 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: shotwell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
This is a feature request (wishlist item).