f-spot imports files with special characters in names but does not display the photos correctly on restart

Bug #301423 reported by pbrownsey
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
F-Spot
Won't Fix
Medium
f-spot (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: f-spot

Running: ubuntu 8.10, kernel linux 2.5.27-7 generic, GNOME 2.24.1
f-spot:
  Installed: 0.5.0.3-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.5.0.3-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.0.3-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.5.0.3-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

I have JPG image files with names like 2007.03.15#<email address hidden>.
The # and @ characters in the file names cause problems for f-spot, regardless of whether or not I choose to copy the files to the Photos folder on import.

Immediately after import, the images display correctly. After restarting f-spot, the images no longer display correctly.

1. Import files that contain # and @ characters in their filenames.
2. f-spot displays the images no problem.
3. Quit f-spot.
4. Start f-spot.
5. f-spot no longer displays the images: it shows empty boxes in their place.

Looking at the photos table in photos.db I see that the example image name given above shows in the uri column as:
file:///home/paul/Pix/2007.03.15%23022%40italy.rome.yummy.pasta.jpg

I guess the %23 and %40 stored by f-spot's import feature prevent f-spot from loading the images correctly after a restart.

Revision history for this message
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

confirming, will look upstream, thanks for the report.

Changed in f-spot:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

I've sent this upstream at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562122 ; thanks for reporting.

Changed in f-spot:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in f-spot:
status: Unknown → New
Changed in f-spot:
importance: Unknown → Medium
Changed in f-spot:
status: New → Won't Fix
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