Bug 315271 - Add disk space checks at startup
Summary: Add disk space checks at startup
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Database-Scan (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Keywords:
: 413839 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-02-16 13:34 UTC by Axel Krebs
Modified: 2019-11-05 16:41 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Axel Krebs 2013-02-16 13:34:03 UTC
I'd like to have an automated system-check _before_ starting up digiKam. 

This check should take place in backround, as for example at startup, and/or on request.

This check  must be able to identify bottlenecks of the systems support, and, therefore, be able to supply recommendations or at least informations to enable the user to react on specific corrections.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
digiKam does not indicate hardware oe software limitations.
Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2013-02-16 17:52:03 UTC
Did you have any particular "limitations" in mind?

Besides freespace(1) , I can't think of anything

(1) which I'd argue is out-of-scope for anything digikam-specific.  if you're out-of-space, all bets are off anyway, not much of anything will work reliably.
Comment 2 Axel Krebs 2013-02-17 13:51:24 UTC
My intention is, to level didiKam to even more on a proffessional stage.
In this context,  waste of time, reliability and avoiding of inefficient
proceedings is crucial.

OK, you are right, one needs to clarify, what is really "crucial".

"Space" is an issue: if you do panoramas, you'll need lot of space
intermediately. Why not show a warning, _before_ you waste time? I
guess, it is possible, to derive a rule of thumb for estimate the needed
space ("number x pic size  x safety factor", e.g.).

Even when servicing your pics database, you need some more space for
temp files than under regular working conditions. Why not warn, before
loosing time or experiencing crashing progs?

"Limitations": I am thinking of progs which check availability of
libraries on demand (K3B, e.g.). If installed, the prog itself more
features than "standard" installation with restricted abilities.

"Limitations" in another sense, too: I'd like to have all pics in
statistic, and I'd like to distingish between the ones digiKam can open
and the ones, which digiKam can NOT open ("broken ones"?.

Background: I have some hundreds of NEF, digiKam can not open at all

It would be most helpful to search and find for those, as one might have
backups, could be able to reapit questioned files etc.


Axel
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Am 16.02.2013 18:52, schrieb Rex Dieter:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315271
> 
> Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> changed:
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>                  CC|                            |rdieter@math.unl.edu
> 
> --- Comment #1 from Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> ---
> Did you have any particular "limitations" in mind?
> 
> Besides freespace(1) , I can't think of anything
> 
> (1) which I'd argue is out-of-scope for anything digikam-specific.  if you're
> out-of-space, all bets are off anyway, not much of anything will work reliably.
>
Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2019-11-05 16:41:28 UTC
*** Bug 413839 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***