A step ahead in duplicate detection
Duplicate detection is one of the most requested features actually missing in F-Spot. The bug open for this request (#169646) is three years old, and a lot of people added their vote for this to get included.
Beside the fact that some should understand what an opensource voluntary project is and how it works, finally Thomas Van Machelen re spawned a quite old patch and updated/improved it to the current SVN version.
Now, people complaining for this missing feature should take some of their time and make some tests over this patch. Instructions on how to build the latest SVN and apply a patch can be found on F-Spot site. Always make a backup of your database before doing any test!
Tests could be:
- import the same picture with same filename
- import the same picture with different filename
- normally import a set of pictures and see if there are any false positive/negative
Feedbacks of your tests are welcome on bugzilla!