Subject: gwenview: Enhancement request: sort by exif dates, not just file name

From: Steve Kelem <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 23:20:33 -0800

Package: gwenview
Version: 4:23.08.1-0ubuntu1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

    * What led up to the situation?
I'm trying to merge photos from more than one source. File names are different
for each source, so photos taken at/near the same time show up separated far
apart.
    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
      ineffective)?
I tried to use the Filter by date, but this still sorts by filename. I've
already separated the files by date into separate directories.
    * What was the outcome of this action?
Files with close exif create dates are not located near each other in the
display. Instead, they are far apart, and difficult to compare.
    * What outcome did you expect instead?
I need to sort by the exif Modification date or the file modification date.

(They're not necessarily the same!)

Steve Kelem

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-14-generic (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gwenview depends on:
ii  kinit                  5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  kio                    5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libc6                  2.38-1ubuntu6
ii  libcfitsio10           4.2.0-3
ii  libexiv2-27            0.27.6-1
ii  libgcc-s1              13.2.0-4ubuntu3
ii  libjpeg8               8c-2ubuntu11
ii  libkf5activities5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5baloo5           5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5completion5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5configcore5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5configgui5       5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5configwidgets5   5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5coreaddons5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5filemetadata3    5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5guiaddons-bin    5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5guiaddons5       5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5i18n5            5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5iconthemes5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5itemmodels5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5itemviews5       5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5jobwidgets5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5kdcraw5          23.08.1-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5kiocore5         5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5kiofilewidgets5  5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5kiogui5          5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5kiowidgets5      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5notifications5   5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5parts5           5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5purpose-bin      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5purpose5         5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5service-bin      5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5service5         5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5solid5           5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5widgetsaddons5   5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkf5xmlgui5          5.110.0-0ubuntu1
ii  libkimageannotator0    0.6.1-1
ii  liblcms2-2             2.14-2
ii  libphonon4qt5-4        4:4.11.1-4
ii  libpng16-16            1.6.40-1
ii  libqt5core5a           5.15.10+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5dbus5            5.15.10+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5gui5             5.15.10+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5printsupport5    5.15.10+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5svg5             5.15.10-2
ii  libqt5waylandclient5   5.15.10-2
ii  libqt5widgets5         5.15.10+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5x11extras5       5.15.10-2
ii  libstdc++6             13.2.0-4ubuntu3
ii  libtiff6 4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1
ii  libwayland-client0     1.22.0-2.1
ii  libx11-6               2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1
ii  perl                   5.36.0-9ubuntu1.1
ii  phonon4qt5             4:4.11.1-4

Versions of packages gwenview recommends:
ii  kamera 4:23.08.1-0ubuntu1
ii  kio-extras 4:23.08.1-0ubuntu1
ii  qt5-image-formats-plugins  5.15.10-2

gwenview suggests no packages.

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