[Digikam-users] digiKam Software Collection 5.0.0 is out...

[Anders Lund]

onsdag den 6. juli 2016 11.13.47 CEST skrev Gilles Caulier:
> yes exactly. the previous digiKam configuration is not lost, it's not read
> from older place where rc files are stored.
> 
> Before to ask me why we don't do it and why we don't close this file before
> to release 5.0.0 :
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364258
> 
> ... 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.
> 
> So releasing digiKam 5.0.0 without to support older settings is better. We
> start with a fresh configuration.

No problem, just the appearence of the first config dialog was a bit scary, 
because of the idea of it not using the database :)

Kindly,
Anders

> Gilles Caulier
> 
> 2016-07-06 11:08 GMT+02:00 Anders Lund <anders at alweb.dk>:
> > tirsdag den 5. juli 2016 22.56.17 CEST skrev Anders Lund:
> > > Hi Gilles,
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to preserve configuration? Does digikam 5 start all over,
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > > does it keep information in the existing digikam database? Do I need
> > 
> > backup?
> > 
> > I made a backup, and ran digikam 5. It read the database fine, but the
> > application configuration was appearently lost.
> > 
> > > Kindly,
> > > Anders
> > > 
> > > tirsdag den 5. juli 2016 17.05.45 CEST skrev Gilles Caulier:
> > > > Dear all digiKam fans and users,
> > > > 
> > > > The digiKam development team is proud to release digiKam
> > > > Software Collection 5.0.0. For more details, see announcement on
> > > > digikam.org:
> > > > 
> > > > https://www.digikam.org/node/755
> > > > 
> > > > Have fun...
> > > > 
> > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > 
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