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[Josh Brown <joshbrown15@xxxxxxxxx>]

Every other version of Photostory stores data in
</usr/share/photostory/data> whereas the new version stores it in
<~/.photostory>, so the new version will not be seamlessly compatible
whatever decision we make.
(see bug #608366 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/photostory/+bug/608366>)

Also, changing the storage system now would be far better than changing
it in the future when we may have a far greater userbase. I think the
simplicity of the proposed system will benefit the program in the long
term, but if we're going to change it, it needs to be changed before the
next release.

We could write a script which could move the data from the </usr/share>
directory to the user's home directory and convert it at the same time.
Whether we change the storage or not, a script will still be necessary.


On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 18:21 +0000, Joel Auterson wrote:
> Actually, you make a good point there. However, changing it at all
> will break every other version of Photostory people still have...are
> you positive it's worth it just for simplicity?