<div dir="ltr">yes exactly. the previous digiKam configuration is not lost, it's not read from older place where rc files are stored.<div><br></div><div>Before to ask me why we don't do it and why we don't close this file before to release 5.0.0 :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364258" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364258</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>... well we have seen some crash when specific old settings are taken from old RC files. We have not find which one exactly crash digiKam.</div><div><br></div><div>So releasing digiKam 5.0.0 without to support older settings is better. We start with a fresh configuration.</div><div><br></div><div>Gilles Caulier</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-07-06 11:08 GMT+02:00 Anders Lund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@alweb.dk" target="_blank">anders@alweb.dk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">tirsdag den 5. juli 2016 22.56.17 CEST skrev Anders Lund:<br>
> Hi Gilles,<br>
><br>
> Is there a way to preserve configuration? Does digikam 5 start all over, or<br>
> does it keep information in the existing digikam database? Do I need backup?<br>
<br>
</span>I made a backup, and ran digikam 5. It read the database fine, but the<br>
application configuration was appearently lost.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> Kindly,<br>
> Anders<br>
><br>
> tirsdag den 5. juli 2016 17.05.45 CEST skrev Gilles Caulier:<br>
> > Dear all digiKam fans and users,<br>
> ><br>
> > The digiKam development team is proud to release digiKam<br>
> > Software Collection 5.0.0. For more details, see announcement on<br>
> > <a href="http://digikam.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">digikam.org</a>:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="https://www.digikam.org/node/755" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.digikam.org/node/755</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Have fun...<br>
> ><br>
> > Gilles Caulier<br>
><br>
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