[digiKam-users] 8.0.0 pre-release bundles...

[Gilles Caulier]

The new features are listed in NEWS files here :

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/NEWS

Best

Gilles

Le mer. 2 nov. 2022 à 20:33, José Oliver-Didier
<jose_oliver at hotmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hello all,
>
> As to better test the new functionality in 8.0.0, is there a list of the major new changes in this version?
>
> For example, I know there is a new option to use Exiftool writing all metadata to the files, so I enabled that on a test machine and plan to test around that on a series of test files.
>
> - José Oliver-Didier
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 7:41 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> MacOS 8.0.0 pre-release package arrives today in same unstable directory :
>>
>> https://files.kde.org/digikam/unstable/
>>
>> Note: PKG installers are not yet compiled as Apple Universal
>> containers. It is still an Intel binary which needs a Rosetta2
>> translator to run on Silicon architecture.
>> I tested with a Macbook Air M1 and the application works like a charm
>> and is fast. I plan to port the bundle to Universal format in the
>> future.
>>
>> Next one will be the Linux AppImage bundles. It will take more time as
>> I plan to create a new Linux VM based on Debian for that.
>>
>> Voilà, have a nice day.
>>
>> Gilles
>>
>> Le mar. 1 nov. 2022 à 17:09, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I started to publish the 8.0.0 pre-release bundles in files.kde.org.
>> > It use the same way than stable 7.x (currently 7.9.0).
>> >
>> > To be more precise stable 7.x pre-release are here :
>> >
>> > https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>> >
>> > ...and unstable 8.0.0 pre-release will be stored in "unstable" sub directory.
>> >
>> > https://files.kde.org/digikam/unstable/
>> >
>> > The unstable versions are compiled with master code (7.x with
>> > qt5-maintenance git branch).
>> >
>> > The unstable will be also compiled with Qt5, as it misses some piece
>> > of software not yet ported to Qt6, as Marble for ex. digiKam can be
>> > compiled with Qt6, but some features will be missing.
>> >
>> > The first one to be published will be the Windows version
>> > cross-compiled with MXE under Linux. MacOS and Linux AppImage will
>> > come soon.
>> >
>> > As the name said, 8.0.0 is unstable and can include important bugs. So
>> > please do not use yet in production, and manage small test
>> > collections. On the other hand, 7.9.0 is stable and includes only bug
>> > fixes, not new features.
>> >
>> > Voilà
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > Gilles Caulier