Open ericnotthered opened 5 months ago
Thank you for your FR.
If the app should support #301, it should do it properly. Implementing that would take a long time and not part of my current main focus.
I'm currently working on creating extension support with the app. The solution described above, should be a possibility with my extension support that i'm planning.
Problem:
I see a number of requests related to albums and sharing, including:
Solution Summary:
I propose a PG2 managed folder at the top level of the Gallery (Images folder) called "Collections". PG2 would create sub-folders for media collections within this. Media would be added to these Collections using file hard-links to the original file in the gallery.
Benefits:
MVP:
Core updates:
Create/Add Photos to Collections:
Delete Photos from Collections:
Delete Collections:
NOTES:
Backlog Features:
In (arguably) descending priority:
Summary:
This appears to be an approach that at first glance offers a lot of flexibility while exploiting existing capabilities. Of course, I don't know the code, so there may be obstacles that aren't apparent to me.
Note that you can implement Collections directly through the file system by manually creating the "Collections" directory tree and adding hard-links.. However, it would be much more convenient to have this integrated into BG2.