digikam 6.0.x and kipi-plugins

[Rex Dieter]

Thanks, any estimate when a standalone kipi-plugins release may happen?


On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 11:20 PM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> hi,
>
> Ah you want mean if the source code still released in digiKam. Well no, it
> must be released as a separated package now, as libkipi in fact.
>
> best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le lun. 11 févr. 2019 à 05:35, Rex Dieter <rdieter at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> > kipi-plugins still here,
>>
>> That's good to hear.  Where is kipi-plugins then? It seems not present in
>> the digikam-6.0.0-beta3 tarball at least.
>>
>> -- Rex
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 8:38 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le dim. 10 févr. 2019 à 15:12, Rex Dieter <rdieter at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Just so we're clear here.  It sounds like you didn't explicitly address
>>>> my "dropping these means a significant reduction of functionality for other
>>>> kipi-plugin consumers (like gwenview)" comment.
>>>>
>>>> So other kipi-plugin consumers (like gwenview) will be losing
>>>> functionality?  If so, I may have trouble justifying providing such a
>>>> digikam update in stable distro releases.
>>>>
>>>
>>> No. kipi-plugins still here, are libkipi. just digiKam do not use
>>> libkipi anymore with 6.0.0.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or are other existing libkipi apps being adjusted to use these newer
>>>> digikam interfaces too?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good question.
>>> The goal about the new digiKam start, after 2 years of development (last
>>> stable was 5.9.0, but 6.0.0 have been started 2 year ago), is to rewrite
>>> the whole plugins interface.
>>>
>>> In fact, in next digiKam 6.1.0, we will come with 3 levels of plugins :
>>> generic (as kipi), but also Editor (for digiKam image editor and Showfoto),
>>> and Bqm, for the Batch Queue Manager.
>>>
>>> We have something like more than 100 plugins now...
>>>
>>> [gilles at localhost digikam]$ pwd
>>> /usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/digikam
>>>
>>> [gilles at localhost digikam]$ tree
>>> .
>>> ├── bqm
>>> │   ├── Bqm_AntiVignetting_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_AssignTemplate_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_AutoCorrection_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_BcgCorrection_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Blur_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Border_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_BWconvert_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ChannelMixer_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ColorBalance_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ColorFX_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Convert16To8_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Convert8To16_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToDNG_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToJP2lugin_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToJPEG_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToPGF_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToPNG_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToTIFF_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Crop_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_CurvesAdjust_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_FilmGrain_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Flip_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_HslCorrection_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_IccConvert_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Invert_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_LensAutoFix_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_LocalContrast_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_NoiseReduction_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_RedEyeCorrection_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_RemoveMetadata_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Resize_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Restoration_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Rotate_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_Sharpen_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_TimeAdjust_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_UserScript_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Bqm_WaterMark_Plugin.so
>>> │   └── Bqm_WhiteBalance_Plugin.so
>>> ├── editor
>>> │   ├── Editor_AdjustCurvesTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_AdjustLevelsTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_AntivignettingTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_AutoCorrectionTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_AutoCropTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_BcgTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_BlurFxTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_BlurTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_BorderTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_BWSepiaTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_CBTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ChannelMixerTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_CharcoalTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ColorFxTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ContentAwareResizeTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_Convert16To8Tool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_Convert8To16Tool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_DistortionFxTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_EmbossTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_FilmGrainTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_FilmTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_FreeRotationTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_HotpixelsTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_HSLTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_InserTextTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_InsertTextTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_InvertTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_LensAutoFixTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_LensDistortionTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_LocalContrastTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_NoiseReductionTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_OilPaintTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_PerspectiveTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_PrintTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ProfileConversionTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_RainDropTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_RatioCropTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_RedEyeTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ResizeTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_RestorationTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_SharpenTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_ShearTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_TextureTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   ├── Editor_WhiteBalanceTool_Plugin.so
>>> │   └── libEditor_HelloWorld_Plugin.so
>>> └── generic
>>>    ├── Generic_Box_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Calendar_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_DigitalScanner_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_DropBox_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_ExpoBlending_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_FaceBook_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_FileTransfer_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Flickr_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_GeolocationEdit_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_GLViewer_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Google_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_HtmlGallery_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_ImageShack_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_ImgUr_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_IpFs_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_JAlbum_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_MediaServer_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_MediaWiki_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_MetadataEdit_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_OneDrive_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Panorama_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Pinterest_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Piwigo_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Presentation_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_PrintCreator_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Rajce_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_SendByMail_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_SmugMug_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_TimeAdjust_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_Twitter_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_VideoSlideShow_Plugin.so
>>>    ├── Generic_VKontakte_Plugin.so
>>>    └── Generic_YandexFotki_Plugin.so
>>>
>>> 3 directories, 116 files
>>>
>>> All plugin mechanisms are inspired from Marble stuff. It use a pure and
>>> simple Qt5 API. All plugin types use shared components from digiKam core.
>>> Plugin types share same classes internally, and this prevent code
>>> duplication and permit to implement a new plugin very quickly without to
>>> re-invent the wheel.
>>>
>>> Later 6.1.0, we will create more plugin types step by step, as face
>>> engines, maintenance tools, image loaders, etc... This will take time, but
>>> it's the plan to make all lead features as plugins in digiKam. This way
>>> permit to isolate well all digiKam components which will be more easy for
>>> external contributor to patch and create new ones, without to touch
>>> internal implementations.
>>>
>>> So to come back about the sharing plugin with other KDE applications.
>>> why not, i don't say no, _but_, the plugin interface still in digiKam core.
>>> External KDE applications who want load plugins will need to use digiKam
>>> core, as extra dependency.
>>>
>>> Voilà for some technical details, and the plan...
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>>>
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