[Digikam-devel] try2: test/check digikam(imageplugins) 0.9.0-rc1 tarballs

Tue Nov 21 06:49:49 GMT 2006

On Monday 20 November 2006 21:53, Achim Bohnet wrote:
> On Monday, 20. November 2006 21:32, Achim Bohnet wrote:
> > On Friday, 17. November 2006 12:05, Caulier Gilles wrote:
> > > Le Vendredi 17 Novembre 2006 02:40, Achim Bohnet a écrit :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > thx to Gilles for the fixes. digikam builds here now with exiv2 0.10.
> > > > (on Kubuntu/Edgy).  Quick tests were fine here.  I've updated
> > > > the tarball (same name as yesterday!):
> > > >
> > > >    http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ach/tmp/digikam-0.9.0-rc1.tar.bz2
> > > > 17-Nov-2006 01:52  5.3M (md5sum: 99f094cf3789357f57b9e73c34591180)
> > > >
> > > > It contains a RELEASE.rev file with:
> > > >
> > > > Last Changed Rev: 605517
> > > > Last Changed Date: 2006-11-17 01:45:42 +0100 (Fri, 17 Nov 2006)
> > > >
> > > > The digikamimageplugins tarball has not changed since yesterday:
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > > http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ach/tmp/digikamimageplugins-0.9.0-rc1.tar.bz2
> > > > 16-Nov-2006 02:09  3.5M (md5sum: 82ef9fffb900b62a19a4caea5a7472d7)
> > > >
> > > > Please report any problem.  If no showstopper is found,
> > > > we'll upload and announce next Sunday or Monday.
> > > >
> > > > Thx,
> > > > Achim
> > >
> > > Achim, i have fixed an important bug about DMetadata class with commit
> > > #605581. Look B.K.O file #136855 for details.
> > >
> > > Can you rebuild digiKam tarball ? Thanks in advance
> >
> > Tarball updated: 6921f48acdedd238298abf12eff06da5 
> > digikam-0.9.0-rc1.tar.bz2
> >
> > http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ach/tmp/digikam-0.9.0-rc1.tar.bz2
> >
> > Please test. Build fine here on Kubuntu/Dapper.
> > I'll work on the announcement now.
>
> Here's my draft of the announcement (most stuff merged from beta1
> announcement) Suggestions welcome.
>
> I'll plan to upload and announce tomorrow (Tuesday) night.
>
> Achim
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
> The digiKam team is proud to announce the first release candidate of
> digiKam 0.9.0 and digiKamimageplugins 0.9.0.
>
> The 0.9 series has been under heavy development since November 2005 and
> offers you the opportunity to test and enjoy a variety of new features,
> additions and improvements.
>
> The source for digikam and digikamimageplugins 0.9.0-rc1 is available from:
>
>     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641
>
>
> Features in digikam 0.9-rc1
> ===========================
>
> 	http://www.digikam.org/?q=about/features09x
>
>
> New features and bug fixes since beta3
> ======================================
>
> 	103255 : Add (not edit) EXIF headers like date, comment etc.
> 	91812  : Viewer/editor for IPTC meta data.
> 	136138 : set as album thumbnail doesn't change the icon immediately.
> 	135851 : Wish to view IPTC in different order.
> 	136162 : ISO Slider label is incorrectly labeled as "sensibility", should
> be sensitivity. 133026 : Crashes on systems using hyperthreading.
> 	136260 : Awkward management of metadata and digikam-tags and comments.
> 	36769 : digiKam crashes when resetting Album icon (with no album
> selected). 136749 : Tags are not kept with images when album is moved in
> album hierarchy. 123623 : digiKam freezes or is very slow.
> 	96993  : Ability to view next next image in folder in showfoto.
> 	136643 : showfoto can open CRW, but not shown in file dialogue.
> 	137063 : Keyboard shortcut for 'paste' action not working.
> 	137461 : Typo croping must be cropping.
> 	137282 : Comments are lost when copying or moving a picture to another
> album. 132805 : Crash when assinging keywords.
> 	137204 : Crash when applying IPTC data.
> 	135407 : Reproducible crash selecting photos from collection.
> 	136086 : Crash when saving any type of files.
> 	137612 : Showfoto doesn't refresh the photo preview when deleting a
> picture. dcraw implementation updated to version 8.41.
>
>
> Digikam Movie Tour
> ==================
>
> There are four demonstration videos (Flash format) available highlighting
> some of the new features.
>
> How to import a RAW file in 16 bits color depth into digiKam image editor
> using Color Management:
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/124
>
> On the usage of the camera interface and how to add IPTC information to an
> image file:
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/125
>
> On the new fast RAW file preview mode, the use of color profiles, image
> plugins supporting 16 bit and user interface improvements for all image
> plugins:
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/126
>
> How to use the black and white converter and the add border image plugin,
> again demonstrating user interface improvements and full 16 bit support:
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/127
>
> How to help us
> ==============
>
> This release is a beta release, which means that we ask users to test this
> version of digiKam and report bugs.
> If you have found a bug, please report it to the bug tracking system at
> bugs.kde.org. In a first step, confirm that there is not already a bug
> report for your problem. A list of open bug reports for digikam can be
> found at
>
> http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_
>status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
>
> and for digikamimageplugins at
>
> http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins&bug_status=UNCO
>NFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
>
> General information on digikam and digikamimageplugins
> =========================================================
>
> digiKam is a digital photo management application for KDE,
> focussed on importing, organizing and editing digital photos,
> aimed at all types of users.
>
> digiKam imageplugins enhance digiKam's image editor with
> more than 2 dozen plugins that make correcting your photos easier.
>
> WWW:  www.digikam.org
> IRC:  irc.freenode.net - #digikam
> MAIL: digikam-users at kde.org digikam-devel at kde.org
>
>
> The digiKam team

Very good. 

Is this possible to post this announce to dot.kde.org using this url :

http://dot.kde.org/addPostingForm

Gilles