Shotwell should put cached thumbs in either ~/.cache or $XDG_CACHE_DIR
Bug #766946 reported by
Morten Siebuhr
This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotwell |
New
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Unknown
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| shotwell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: shotwell
Shotwell currently (0.7.2) stores it's thumbs in ~/.shotwell/thumbs.
Per the XDG spec, they should go in $XDG_CACHE_
Having this stored correctly makes stuff like ignoring temporary data for backups, raw file searching, trimming disk usage and many other things a lot simpler.
Revision history for this message
| Adam Dingle (adam-yorba) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in shotwell: | |
| status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
| Changed in shotwell (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in shotwell: | |
| status: | Confirmed → New |
Revision history for this message
| Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in shotwell (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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Storing in XDG directories is ticketed upstream at http://
As noted there, Shotwell isn't yet smart enough to automatically regenerate missing thumbnails (that's http://