[Digikam-users] digiKam and kipi-plugins release for KDE3...

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 09:29:58 GMT 2008


Dear all digiKam fans and users!

Before to close this year, a new digiKam beta release and a new stable
kipi-plugins release have be done for KDE3, especially as bug fix and
translations updates. Also, shared libraries libkexiv2 and libkdcraw have
been updated.

digiKam 0.9.5-beta2 tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641&package_id=34800

Kipi-plugins 0.1.7, libkdcraw 0.1.7, and libkexiv2 0.1.8 can be downloaded
from SourceForge at this url:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149779&package_id=1
65761<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641&package_id=34800>

Closed files and new features are listed below :

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digiKam 0.9.5-beta2 - Release date:
2008-12-14

BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 164573 : Better support for small screens.
002 ==> 175970 : digitaglinktree merges tags with same name in different
subfolders.
003 ==> 108760 : Use collection image (or part of) as Tag/Album
icon.
004 ==> 144078 : very slow avi
startup.
005 ==> 146258 : Moving an album into waste basket didn't
remove.
006 ==> 149165 : cannot edit anymore - sqlite
lock?
007 ==> 146025 : Wrong image name when using info from
EXIF.
008 ==> 167056 : Updating tags is slow when thumbnails are
visible.
009 ==> 141960 : Problems with photos without EXIV data when updating
me.
010 ==> 129379 : Renamed Album is shown multiple times although there is
only on related picture directory.
011 ==> 171247 : Album creation error when name start by a
number.
012 ==> 150906 : digiKam unable to connect to Panasonic LUMIX
DMC-TZ3.
013 ==> 148812 : "Auto Rotate/Flip &Using Exif Orientation" fails with some
images.
014 ==> 150342 : Camera image window keeps scrolling to the currently
downloaded picture.
015 ==> 147475 : digiKam Slideshow - Pause button does not stay sticky /
work.
016 ==> 148899 : Image Editor does not get the focus after clicking on an
image.
017 ==> 148596 : Empty entries in the "back" drop-down when changing month
(date view).
018 ==> 161387 : Unable to import photos with digiKam even though it's
detected.
019 ==> 165229 : Thumbnail complete update does not work reliably, even for
jpgs.

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Kipi-plugins 0.1.7 - Release date: 2008-12-14

BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 175033 : GPSSync            : GPSSync does not get any map just a
grey square.
002 ==> 175304 : MetadataEdit       : db does replicate to iptc or
exif.
003 ==> 137359 : MetadataEdit       : Unclear wording in
kipiplugin_metadataedit.
004 ==> 146381 : JPEGLossLess       : Image rotation splits the image with a
small strip appearing on the wrong side.
005 ==> 155023 : SendImages         : Crashs when trying to send images via
digiKam.
006 ==> 170272 : FlickrExport       : Undefined signature problem prevents
uploading to flickr.
007 ==> 161114 : SendImages         : Resizing and emailing from digikam
results in no-more readable files.
008 ==> 147685 : General            : Errors in error and "what's this"
messages -- No way to select text in an error box.
009 ==> 146293 : MetadataEdit       : Plugins/Images/metadata:
untranslated.
010 ==> 140345 : BatchProcess       : kipiplugins do not work due to trying
to save the result into the root directory.
011 ==> 163395 : SendImages         : digiKam and encoding errors in flickr
export and mail attachments.
012 ==> 136941 : BatchProcess       : Graphical picture ordering and
renaming.
013 ==> 149394 : General            : Recover lost/deleted images from flash
memory/camera.
014 ==> 162441 : PicasaWebExport    : Unable to create an
album.
015 ==> 162993 : PicasaWebExport    : Picasa album list not
refreshed.
016 ==> 162994 : PicasaWebExport    : Picasa album list does not contain
"not listed" albums, contains only "public" albums.
017 ==> 174353 : GPSSync            : Kipi-plugin geolocation does not work
anymore.
018 ==> 132982 : BatchProcess       : Batch rename limited, should allow
renaming by patterns.

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libkdcraw-0.1.7 - Release date: 2008-12-14

NEW FEATURES:

Updated to LibRaw to 0.6.3 : NEF processing code changed (some overflow
control added).
Updated to LibRaw to 0.6.2.

New cameras: Canon G10 & 5D Mk2, Leaf AFi 7, Leica
D-LUX4,
             Panasonic FX150 & G 1, Fujifilm IS Pro.

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libkexiv2-0.1.8 - Release date: 2008-12-14

NEW FEATURES:

- API changed: Move all Exiv2 classes acess methods to interanl provate
container.
               ABI number set to 5.0.0.

- Fix broken compilation with Exiv2
0.18.
- Support TIFF metadata writting mode (require Exiv2 >=
0.18).
- Added new methods canWriteComment(), canWriteExif(),
canWriteIptc().
- Added new method
supportMetadataWritting().
- Do not change file time-stamp when metadata are
changed.

BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 158989 : digiKam won't start: MakerTagInfo registry full.
002 ==> 157173 : Crash by adding gps data to pictures.

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All digiKam and Kipi-plugins teams wish you a:merry Chrismast and an happy
new year.

Gilles Caulier
digiKam project
http://www.digikam.org
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