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digiKam 1.8.0 - Release date: 2011-01-23

NEW FEATURES:

General        : digiKam has now a stand alone installer for Microsoft Windows based on Null Soft Installer.

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

001 ==> 256372 : Add a digiKam installer based on NSIS.
002 ==> 261086 : Crash at startup.
003 ==> 212947 : digiKan crashes upon import of large photo collection.
004 ==> 261015 : digiKam Fingerprinter crashes.
005 ==> 237639 : Wish: All thumbs created in a folder automatically.
006 ==> 189585 : Thumbnails do not display.
007 ==> 255852 : digiKam crashed when browsing/rating images.
008 ==> 184635 : Empty menu when right clicking on an image.
009 ==> 261868 : Provide a progress indicator for "rename".
010 ==> 244560 : digiKam crash while viewing photos.
011 ==> 261582 : Default filename for renamed imports: remove the colon character.
012 ==> 262065 : Linking issue with Marble library.
013 ==> 261879 : Ubuntu unity compatibility bugs: export menu disappeared.
014 ==> 262296 : Camera GUI does not open [patch].
015 ==> 201788 : Picture navigation problems and disambiguation.
016 ==> 261415 : digiKam crashes when adding lens data to ~/.local.
017 ==> 253062 : Database of 80,000+ images wiped out.
018 ==> 263083 : digiKam editor crashes on "save" and "save as" (KFileDialog relevant).
019 ==> 252404 : digiKam crashes when modifying caption.
020 ==> 262720 : Rebuild thumbnails or 'scan for new images' should work on just current folder.
021 ==> 242036 : digiKam crashed when pressing 'Album -> New'.
022 ==> 235597 : Disconnected usb passport external hard drive using "safely remove drive" option.
023 ==> 237957 : Crash while looking at folder with 380 images for first time.
024 ==> 253067 : Crash when viewing pictures.
025 ==> 255054 : Crash during picture import [KDirWatch::contains, Digikam::AlbumManager::addAlbumRoot, Digikam::AlbumManager::slotCollectionLocationStatusChanged].
026 ==> 258106 : digiKam crahed on search Pictures on individal Album.
027 ==> 261384 : Crash while scrolling the raw image preview.
028 ==> 258922 : digiKam crashed while scrolling through images in folder.
029 ==> 263726 : Metadata lost when decoding a raw file.
030 ==> 224047 : Thumbnails incorrectly rotated on certain images.
031 ==> 239902 : digiKam seems to find images that are not in the collection directory.
032 ==> 245958 : Some tags lost on batch color space conversion - import metadata does not work.
033 ==> 246735 : Frame rate drops to around 5 fps when dragging & dropping.








