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<p>Thanks. Will rather wait for the stable release. Hopefully, they
include the tar file in that release.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07.01.2026 11:35 am, Gilles Caulier
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<div>In other words, please use with caution. Install and try
with a test collection. If your workflow is not affected by
last changes, you can use it near your production.</div>
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<div>Don't forget to backup the database, and configuration
files first.</div>
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Gilles Caulier</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 7 janv. 2026 à 06:50,
Gilles Caulier <<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>>
a écrit :<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>It includes plenty of fixes, but also new features. The
NEWS file on the root of digiKam git repository always
contains the list of changes and bugs closed :</div>
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<div><a
href="https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/raw/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/raw/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads</a></div>
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<div>A new tool is under construction: the Survey Window.
It's dedicated to reviewing items on a second screen to
replace the SlideShow tool by default. Not all is
finalized at all, and I'm working on it currently.</div>
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<div>Bugzilla entry : <a
href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501292"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501292</a></div>
<div>Screenshot : <a
href="https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=188266"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=188266</a></div>
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<div>Best regards</div>
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<div>Gilles Caulier</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 7 janv. 2026
à 06:25, Milind Joshi <<a
href="mailto:mmjoshi@iitbombay.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mmjoshi@iitbombay.org</a>>
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<p>Is this stable enough? I download
digiKam-9.0.0-20260106T182548-Qt6-Win64.tar.xz right?</p>
<div>On 06.01.2026 06:51 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
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<div>The tarball is already here for the 9.0.0
pre-release :</div>
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<div><a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a></div>
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<div>Gilles Caulier</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mar. 6 janv.
2026 à 14:05, Milind Joshi <<a
href="mailto:mmjoshi@iitbombay.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mmjoshi@iitbombay.org</a>>
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for creating the bug report. This file is still
not available for <br>
download for the 8.8.0 version. Hopefully, gets
fixed in the new version <br>
so that I can upgrade.<br>
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On 01.12.2025 01:39 am, Maik Qualmann wrote:<br>
> See: <a
href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588</a><br>
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> Maik<br>
><br>
> Am Sonntag, 30. November 2025, 12:40:45
Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb<br>
> Milind Joshi:<br>
>> i don't see tar.xz file for the 8.8.0
version. Will it be uploaded?<br>
>> Going forward will this download be not a
standard feature?<br>
>><br>
>> On 28.07.2024 05:41 pm, Milind Joshi
wrote:<br>
>>> Is QT5 deprecated in the 8.5.0
version? I see only the QT6 file?<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 27.07.2024 06:12:12 pm, Gilles
Caulier wrote:<br>
>>>> It's safe to use 8.5.0. There are
only bugfixes for the moment<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Best<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Gilles Caulier<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:37,
Milind Joshi <<a
href="mailto:mmjoshi@iitbombay.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mmjoshi@iitbombay.org</a>>
a<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> écrit :<br>
>>>>> Thanks. Will that file be
uploaded for 8.4.0 or I need to try out the<br>
>>>>> 8.5.0 version? I would rather
stick to the stable version.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 27.07.2024 05:59:13 pm,
Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>
>>>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> No nothing has changed...
The XV binaries archive for Windows verison<br>
>>>>>> 8.4.0 are just missing in
the download area. It's probably a miss<br>
>>>>>> while publishing.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> The 8.5.0 pre release
which are automatized contains the XV<br>
>>>>>> archives here :<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> <a
href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Best<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Gilles Caulier<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à
14:09, Milind Joshi <<a
href="mailto:mmjoshi@iitbombay.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mmjoshi@iitbombay.org</a>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> a écrit :<br>
>>>>>>> Till version 8.3.0
there used to be a file in the format<br>
>>>>>>> 8.x.y-Win64.tar.xz
which I could download and use it as a portable<br>
>>>>>>> version by extracting
it to a folder and executing the digikam.exe<br>
>>>>>>> file.<br>
>>>>>>> This is also
mentioned in the Windows download page.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Quote<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> We provide also a
portable archive file (tar.xz), just decompress
the<br>
>>>>>>> content somewhere
convenient, then double-click on the digiKam<br>
>>>>>>> icon in<br>
>>>>>>> the folder. This will
not impact an installed version of digiKam,<br>
>>>>>>> though<br>
>>>>>>> it will share your
settings with your regular installed version.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Unquote<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> However, the file
8.4.0-Win64.tar.xz is much smaller and does not<br>
>>>>>>> have<br>
>>>>>>> the digikam.exe file.
Has something changed? Where can I find this<br>
>>>>>>> file?<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> mj<br>
><br>
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