[KPhotoAlbum] State of KPhotoAlbum

[Andreas Schleth]

Hi Johannes,

I am quite impressed with the state of KPA - one of the tools I use most
besides the usual suspects (web, mail, office).

The one an only KIPI plugin that I am sorely missing is the time
shifter: batch shift the time of a bunch of images in KPA and in EXIF
(and even in the file system).
This is so useful if you merge images from different sources where the
cameras always are at least a bit off the REAL time. I tried to do this
manually with exiftool an so on, but that is a lot of hassle.

So, a nifty time shifter would be my wish for a plugin.

Cheers, Andreas

Am 22.03.20 um 21:25 schrieb Johannes Zarl-Zierl:
> As promised on our mailing list back in April 2019[1], we are doing semi-
> regular updates on the state of KPhotoAlbum.
>
> To increase the visibility, from now on we also publish these reports on our
> project website.
>
> # So, what happened since the last update and how did we hold up?
>
> ## Integrating KPhotoAlbum closer with the greater KDE community
>
> So far, this goal is doing quite well.
> A visible indicator of this is the new website, which is not just good-
> looking, but visually in line with other KDE project websites.
>
> On a personal note, I went to FOSDEM this year. Unfortunately, my time with
> other KDE people was very limited (to put it mildly), as I was occupied with
> [FSFE](https:/fsfe.org) topics.
> I did, however, say hello at the KDE booth, and was very touched by the warm
> welcome there.
> Bhushan immediately recognised me and handed me a KDE nametag, and I had a
> nice chat with Nicolas about some Purpose issue I was having.
>
> ## KIPI Deprecation and Purpose Integration
>
> KPhotoAlbum 5.6 was the first major version with support for the Purpose
> plugin framework, and the last major version to support the now unmaintained
> KIPI plugin interface.
>
> The Purpose plugin framework is already supported by a number of applications,
> such as Spectacle and Gwenview.
> At this time, Purpose plugins are focused around sharing images with devices
> or web services.
>
> At its prime, KIPI had quite an assortment of useful plugins.
> If there is a specific feature that you would like to implement as a Purpose
> plugin, contact us so that we can make it happen.
>
> ## The Great Refactoring
>
> As promised, this goal will stay with us for the years to come.
> Still, we would have liked to spend more time on refactoring KPhotoAlbum to
> reduce the technical debt of the codebase.
>
>
> # What's New?
>
> ## Geolocation Mapping
>
> KPhotoAlbum 5.7 will see a complete rewrite of our map feature.
>
> We have spent a good amount of work into replacing libkgeomap with Marble.
> By using Marble directly instead of depending on libkgeomap as a wrapper, we
> could both simplify the code for our map widget
> (one less layer of abstraction) and add new features to the map.
>
> On the downside, as with every rewrite, there may be some new bugs that we
> haven't found yet.
>
> ## Tooling
>
> Sometimes, a graphical user interface won't cut it.
> For that reason, Robert has contributed the `kpa-filter` and `kpa-merge`
> scripts for working with database files on the commandline.
>
> Robert is working on a replacement for `kpa-merge`, called `kpa-util`.
> The new script will allow users to add tags to existing categories, and to tag
> images without the need for a graphical user interface.
>
> ## KDE Community Goals
>
> The KDE community has decided on three [goals](https://kde.org/goals) to focus
> on for the next couple of years.
>
> We already have some ideas on how to improve KPhotoAlbum regarding the
> Consistency goal.
> If you have further suggestions and ideas we would love to hear them!
>
> Cheers,
>    Johannes
>
> [1] https://mail.kdab.com/pipermail/kphotoalbum/2019-April/006364.html
>
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