I chose digiKam for managing my quite large collection of photos. The photos reside partly on my NAS, partly on my laptop HDD (when I first download them, when I take them around). Since I have more than one users accessing the photos, using only a local sqlite db is ruled out. Mysql would be the answer, but digiKam would refuse to start unless it can contact mysql.

I wish digiKam would handle local/remote content differently, keeping  info on local content in sqlite, so it can work offline, and info on remote content in mysql

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. keep collection partly local, partly remote
2. disconnect from the network
3. try to use digikam
Actual Results:  
digikam gives error and can't use local collections

Expected Results:  
use sqlite for local collections