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digiKam 0.10.0-beta5 - Release date: 2008-10-26

IMPORTANT: This is a beta release : do not use yet in production !!!
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NEW FEATURES:

General        : digiKam can be compiled natively under Microsoft Windows.
General        : libkdcraw dependency updated to 0.4.0
General        : libgphoto2 dependency is now optional to be able to compile digiKam under operating systems 
                 not supported by GPhoto2

001 ==> 171953 : Using create "Date-based sub-albums" makes import fail.
002 ==> 118318 : Make (lib)gphoto support a configure flag.
003 ==> 172269 : digiKam hangs for around 20-60 seconds when starting.
004 ==> 172648 : Thumbnail click does not display embedded picture preview.
005 ==> 172650 : No kipi plugins available.
006 ==> 172651 : Send image by email missing.
007 ==> 168005 : Week view broken in timeline.
008 ==> 172295 : digiKam has a hard dependency on Jasper library.
009 ==> 172733 : Crash on Synchronize images with database.
010 ==> 172776 : Combine Edit and Album menus, and other ideas.
011 ==> 172836 : No menu item for lensfun.
012 ==> 172912 : "Slide" becomes "Slideshow" text on button in Main window.
013 ==> 172882 : Setup verbiage patches.
014 ==> 172884 : Welcome/First-Run verbiage patches.
015 ==> 172892 : Tips verbiage changes.
016 ==> 172895 : Setup verbiage patches for slideshow and albumview.
017 ==> 172898 : Verbiage changes for Util-ImageEditor-ImageResize.cpp.
018 ==> 172899 : Verbiage changes for digikamapp.cpp.
019 ==> 167320 : Filmstrip in album view is not synchronized correctly.
020 ==> 172911 : Album File lister does not have an "All Image Files" filter.
021 ==> 167777 : Thumbnails in Album not shown at first start of digiKam.

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digiKam 0.10.0-beta4 - Release date: 2008-10-02

IMPORTANT: This is a beta release : do not use yet in production !!!
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NEW FEATURES:

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

001 ==> 169814 : Compilation error: no exp2().
002 ==> 165345 : Selecting images from bottom right to top left does not work.
003 ==> 170693 : Enable geotagging of Olympus orf images.
004 ==> 170711 : Write single Keywords instead of Hierarchy into IPTC.
005 ==> 168569 : New Album Folders are not detected in displayed in GUI until restart.
006 ==> 165337 : Text overlapping box on welcome page.
007 ==> 171310 : No preview photos shown clicking on imported albums.
008 ==> 171778 : digiKam does not load photos in its database.
009 ==> 171736 : Make transferring of metadata between machines easier.
010 ==> 170929 : Compilation of SVN version fails with gcc 4.3.2 unless debug option is activated.
011 ==> 171989 : Can't set GPS photo location on .nef images.
012 ==> 172018 : Initial cursor in the "sharpen" dialog is on the "cancel" button.
013 ==> 172033 : Unable to draw rectangle from right to left.

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digiKam 0.10.0-beta3 - Release date: 2008-09-03

IMPORTANT: This is a beta release : do not use yet in production !!!
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NEW FEATURES:

General        : libkdcraw dependency updated to 0.3.0
General        : Raw metadata can be edited, changed, added to TIFF/EP like RAW file formats (require Exiv2 >= 0.18).
                 Currently DNG, NEF, and PEF raw files are supported. More will be added in the future.

Image Editor   : All image plugin tool settings provide default buttons to reset values.
Image Editor   : New Raw import tool to handle Raw pictures with customized decoding settings.
Image Editor   : All image plugin dialogs are removed. All tools are embedded in editor window.

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

001 ==> 166310 : Preview not working in image effect dialogs.
002 ==> 167571 : Unnatural order when removing images from light table.
003 ==> 167139 : Crash if Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitude is empty.
004 ==> 167778 : Assigning ratings in image editor via shortcuts or toolbar not working.
005 ==> 168567 : Unable to edit or remove IPTC and XMP info.
006 ==> 168846 : crash after playing with tags (seems to be rather a crash in Qt or kdelibs).
007 ==> 166671 : Image filter dialog buttons are much too big.
008 ==> 134486 : Keywords are not written to raw files even though they do embed iptc/exif.
009 ==> 168839 : Digikam crashed after tagging.
010 ==> 167085 : Color selection in sketch search tool looks plain black.
011 ==> 168852 : Crash on profile application.
012 ==> 167867 : Album view is reset by changing settings.
013 ==> 168461 : Info in Properties panel not updated after moving to other image.
014 ==> 169704 : Crash during RAW import.
015 ==> 166437 : Deleting images in Image Editor not working properly.

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digiKam 0.10.0-beta2 - Release date: 2008-07-31

NEW FEATURES:

General        : New option in Help menu to list all main components/libraries used by digiKam.

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

001 ==> 166472 : Thumbnail bar gone in image editor when switching back from fullscreen.
002 ==> 166663 : Tags not showing pictures without "Include Tag Subtree".
003 ==> 166616 : Filmstrip mode in View.
004 ==> 165885 : Thumbnails and images are NOT displayed in the main view center pane.
005 ==> 167139 : Crash if Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitude is empty.
006 ==> 167168 : Timeline view shows redundant extra sections.
007 ==> 166440 : Removing images from Light Table is not working properly.
008 ==> 166484 : digiKam crashes when changing some settings and using "find similar" after the changes made.
009 ==> 167124 : Timeline view not updated when changing selected time range.
010 ==> 166564 : Display of *already* *created* thumbnails is slow.
011 ==> 166483 : Error in "not enough disk space" error message.
012 ==> 167379 : Image selection for export plugin.
013 ==> 166622 : Confusing Add Images use.
014 ==> 166576 : digiKam quits when running "Rebuild all Thumbnail Images" twice.
015 ==> 167562 : Image Editor Shortcut Keys under Edit redo/undo are missing in GUI.
016 ==> 167561 : Crash when moving albums.
017 ==> 167529 : Image Editor not working correctly after setting "use horizontal thumbbar" option.
018 ==> 167621 : digiKam crashes when trying to remove a tag with the context menu.
019 ==> 165348 : Problems when trying to import KDE3 data.
020 ==> 166424 : Crash when editing Caption with Digikam4 SVN.

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digiKam 0.10.0-beta1 - Release date: 2008-07-07

NEW FEATURES:

General        : Ported to CMake/Qt4/KDE4.
General        : Thumbs KIO-Slave removed. digiKam now use multi-threading to generate thumnails.
General        : Removed all X11 library dependencies. Code is now portable under MACOS-X and Win32.
General        : Support of XMP metadata (require >= Exiv2 0.16).
General        : Hardware handling using KDE4 Solid interface.
General        : Preview of Video and Audio files using KDE4 Phonon interface.
General        : Database file can be stored on a customized place to support remote album library path.
General        : New database schema to host more photo and collection information.
General        : Database interface fully re-written using Qt4 SQL plugin.
General        : Support of multiple roots album paths.
General        : Physical root albums are managed as real album.
General        : New option in Help menu to list all RAW file formats supported.
General        : Geolocation of pictures from sidebars is now delegate to KDE4 Marble widget.


CameraGUI      : New design for camera interface.
CameraGUI      : New Capture tool.
CameraGUI      : New bargraph to display camera media free-space.

AlbumGUI       : Added Thumbbar with Preview mode to easy navigate between pictures.
AlbumGUI       : Integration of Simple Text Search tool to left sidebar as Amarok.
AlbumGUI       : New advanced Search tools. Re-design of Search backend, based on XML.
                 Re-design of search dialog for a better usability.
                 Searches based on metadata and image properties are now possible.
AlbumGUI       : New fuzzy Search tools based on sketch drawing template. 
                 Fuzzy searches backend use an Haar wevelet interface.
                 You simply draw a rough sketch of what you want to find and digiKam displays 
                 for you a thumbnail view of the best matches.
AlbumGUI       : New Search tools based on marble widget to find pictures over a map. 
AlbumGUI       : New Search tools to find similar images against a reference image. 
AlbumGUI       : New Search tools to find duplicates images around whole collections. 

ImageEditor    : Added Thumbbar to easy navigate between pictures.
ImageEditor    : New plugin based on LensFun library (http://lensfun.berlios.de) to correct automaticaly lens aberrations.
ImageEditor    : LensDistortion and AntiVignetting are now merged with LensFun plugin 


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

001 ==> 146864 : Lesser XMP support in digiKam.
002 ==> 145096 : Request: acquire mass storage from printer as from camera. Change menu "Camera" to "Acquire".
003 ==> 134206 : Rethink about: Iptc.Application2.Urgency <==> digiKam Rating.
004 ==> 149966 : Alternative IPTC Keyword Separator (dot notation).
005 ==> 129437 : Album could point to network path. Now it's impossible to view photos from shared network drive.
006 ==> 137694 : Allow album pictures to be stored on network devices.
007 ==> 114682 : About library path.
008 ==> 122516 : Album Path cannot be on Network device (Unmounted).
009 ==> 107871 : Allow multiple album library path.
010 ==> 105645 : Impossible to not copy images in ~/Pictures.
011 ==> 132697 : Metadata list has no scrollbar.
012 ==> 148502 : Show rating in embedded preview / slideshow.
013 ==> 155408 : Thumbbar in the album view.
014 ==> 138290 : GPSSync plugin integration in the side bar.
015 ==> 098651 : Image Plugin filter based on clens.
016 ==> 147426 : Search for non-voted pics
017 ==> 149555 : Always present search box instead of search by right-clicking and selecting simple or advanced search.
018 ==> 139283 : IPTC Caption comment in search function.
019 ==> 150265 : Avanced search filter is missing search in comment / description.
020 ==> 155735 : Make it possible to search on IPTC-text.
021 ==> 147636 : GUI error in advanced searches: lots of free space.
022 ==> 158866 : Advanced Search on Tags a mess.
023 ==> 149026 : Search including sub-albums.
024 ==> 153070 : Search for image by geo-location.
025 ==> 154764 : Pictures saved into root album folder are not shown.
026 ==> 162678 : digiKam crashed while loading.
027 ==> 104067 : Duplicate image finder should offer more actions on duplicate images found.
028 ==> 107095 : Double image removal: Use trashcan.
029 ==> 112473 : findimages shows only small thumbnails.
030 ==> 150077 : Find Duplicate Images tool quite unusable on many images (a couple of issues).
031 ==> 161858 : Find Duplicate Image fails with Canon Raw Files.
032 ==> 162152 : Batch Duplicate Image Management.
033 ==> 164418 : GPS window zoom possibility.
034 ==> 117287 : Search albums on read only album path.
035 ==> 164600 : No picture in view pane.
036 ==> 164973 : Showfoto crashed at startup.
037 ==> 165275 : build-failure - imageresize.cpp - 'KToolInvocation' has not been declared.
038 ==> 165292 : albumwidgetstack.cpp can't find Phonon/MediaObject.
039 ==> 165341 : Crash when changing histogram channel when welcome page is shown.
040 ==> 165318 : digiKam doesn't start because of SQL.
041 ==> 165342 : Crash when changing album sort modus.
042 ==> 165338 : Right sidebar initally too big.
043 ==> 165280 : Sqlite2 component build failure.
044 ==> 165769 : adjustcurves.cpp - can't find version.h

