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digiKam 2.6.0 - Release date: 2012-06-03

NEW FEATURES:

General        : Add support of Little CMS version 2.
General        : New tool to run all maintenance process in background.
General        : Lprof 3rd party library have been removed from core implementation.
General        : Thumbs/Preview for read-only files (as RAW) can be rotated through a flag in thumbnails database.
General        : Add a Progress Manager as into Kontact to drive process running in parallele.
General        : KIPI JPEGLossLess tool is now disabled in digiKam. A dedicated solution is now implemented.
                 in digiKam core to rotate/flip image using multithreading, parallelization, and image versioning.
KipiInterface  : Handle progress events from kipi tools through digiKam Progress Manager.
ImageEditor    : Template Superimpose feature have been moved to PhotoLayoutEditor kipi-plugin.
ImageEditor    : New film color negative inverter filter.


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

001 ==> 286730 : digiKam crash when tagging faces.
002 ==> 290496 : digikam-2.5.0 core fails to build against libkipi from kde-4.7.95.
003 ==> 272980 : Crash while searching on a tag.
004 ==> 290642 : Build failed with gcc-4.7.0 [patch].
005 ==> 287772 : Build failed against boost-1.48 [patch].
006 ==> 267777 : Versioning not working properly when saving changes in the image editor.
007 ==> 290466 : MacPorts digiKam package fails to build.
008 ==> 268262 : Editor: Color: Color Effects: Vivid - black areas become reddish.
009 ==> 283491 : Caption/Tags tab: Active sub-tab not restored after restart [patch].
010 ==> 234067 : Annoying list of languages to select from when entering picture captions [patch].
011 ==> 277328 : Album Icon View Header linkable.
012 ==> 290022 : Edit and Rotate in the Light Table open or change the wrong image.
013 ==> 171823 : Add a non-permanent template superimpose option.
014 ==> 103696 : Fit image into superimpose template.
015 ==> 117343 : JJ: Border images - Christmas and other seasons templates wanted.
016 ==> 103695 : Precise movement in superimpose template.
017 ==> 289264 : Add option: "show thumbbar in full-screen picture preview".
018 ==> 237452 : Tagging interface functionality lost.
019 ==> 192055 : Typo digiKam tip of the day.
020 ==> 284212 : Quick Collection and Progress Center as into KMail.
021 ==> 137191 : I'd like to rotate only the thumbnail of an image (and not allow rotate raw image).
022 ==> 286213 : digiKam allows RAW (ORF) photos to be rotated, but then fails.
023 ==> 289222 : Rotate jpeg images isn't multithreaded.
024 ==> 215770 : Png files can't be rotated without help of imagemagick.
025 ==> 147968 : Some images are erroneously rotated.
026 ==> 240146 : If I press rotate on the thumbnail of a photo an error occurs.
027 ==> 257772 : Image rotate/flip does not work.
028 ==> 233585 : Rotate image fails with digikam on Archlinux and pictures on NTFS.
029 ==> 247947 : Images rotated with JPEGLossLess are shifted.
030 ==> 237808 : digiKam don't rotate JPEG images.
031 ==> 207190 : Improve "rotate Image" overlay-buttons.
032 ==> 212362 : Add support for instant rotate.
033 ==> 232777 : Lost images, when they are rotated on (over-)full hd resp. partition.
034 ==> 208504 : Add type icon to images under the thumbnail (patch).
035 ==> 262183 : Rating in thumbbar view is broken.
036 ==> 280044 : Thumbnails flicker.
037 ==> 211757 : digiKam preview: next image with left arrow key.
038 ==> 228869 : Rename image and overwriting existing messes up the thumbnail display.
039 ==> 117301 : Thumbnails generation process running for visible thumbnails only, if it is sensible in order to avoid unnecessary waiting.
040 ==> 292578 : Windows 7 prof. 32Bits, Context Menu not fully visible.
041 ==> 292645 : Build fails at imageproperties/captionedit.cpp.
042 ==> 275122 : Rotating a TIFF file wipes out its metadata.
043 ==> 278909 : Create fingerprints during thumbnail generation.
044 ==> 228314 : Timeline view in digiKam scroll's left but not right.
045 ==> 293563 : digikam-2.6.0-beta1 build failed.
046 ==> 293897 : Sony A350 (alpha 350) camera detected, but no import posible.
047 ==> 237552 : Thumbnails generation process for selected images only.
048 ==> 231777 : Scrolling in Albumview should be smoothed.
049 ==> 282907 : No items are displayed when I enable 'Include Album Sub-Tree' in a folder containing one image and many folders.
050 ==> 294458 : Std namespace issue in libkface [patch].
051 ==> 286127 : Resize tool in digikam corrupt transparencies on png files.
052 ==> 294423 : Build error under Solaris [patch].
053 ==> 286437 : "No flag" filter doesn't work.
054 ==> 281877 : Redo same result as discard changes.
055 ==> 294105 : Please support lcms2.
056 ==> 294585 : Crash on facebook export.
057 ==> 294995 : Delete photos and their management in the database Mysql.
058 ==> 295104 : Sdt namespace ambiguity in BlurFilter [patch].
059 ==> 294884 : digiKam crash at startup (due to notification window).
060 ==> 295294 : Startup reads far too many files.
061 ==> 291921 : Geolocation: Severe rendering problems of map/satellite view.
062 ==> 292316 : digiKam no thumbnail for .mov, .mp4 movies.
063 ==> 233222 : Thumbnails displayed are from incorrect images.
064 ==> 235733 : No possibility to cancel a delete file operation.
065 ==> 267509 : Button to stop collection scan during startup.
066 ==> 223232 : digiKam Does Not Detect the Color Profile in DCF Files.
067 ==> 295340 : digiKam crashed while tagging faces.
068 ==> 278927 : Not all files read.
069 ==> 261879 : Ubuntu unity compatibility bugs: export menu disappeared.
070 ==> 280426 : Exif data from jpegs deleted when using XML sidecars and adding keyword tags.
071 ==> 282903 : Image corrupted after writing metadata due to sidecar XMP.
072 ==> 264204 : Existing XMP sidecar file gets overwritten by digiKam.
073 ==> 273565 : digiKam doesn't read EXIF if XMP sidecar file exists.
074 ==> 296141 : Make digiKam compile on ARM.
075 ==> 277618 : Metadata are incompletely imported from XMP sidecar and Tags are not created.
076 ==> 220545 : Cannot write XMP sidecar files.
077 ==> 279710 : Geo-location coordinates and metadata tags mutual exclusive in xmp sidecar file.
078 ==> 289223 : XMP sidecars not written for M2TS and MTS video files.
079 ==> 290816 : Preview mode shows portrait raws in horizontal when a third party app adds xmp files.
080 ==> 273137 : Make XMP Side Car Files Hidden Or Use Separate Database To Store Them.
081 ==> 252458 : Sort order in SlideShow.
082 ==> 277370 : Unclear licensing for profiles/prophoto.icm and profiles/srgb-d65.icm.
083 ==> 221985 : Update histogram before preview.
084 ==> 208286 : Lock zoom when switching photos : add context menu in preview thumbbar.
085 ==> 182110 : Geolocation tab : add "loc.alize.us" support to the more info web service link.
086 ==> 216636 : Option to set parent album in Album -> New Album.
087 ==> 287099 : digiKam crash when using facerecognition.
088 ==> 151849 : Add Right-MouseButton-menu entry to exit fullscreen [patch].
089 ==> 251887 : Holding SHIFT in timeline to select range.
090 ==> 289330 : Album file watch failing (QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine:addPaths: open: Too many open files in system).
091 ==> 287267 : IptcCore tags are written incorrectly.
092 ==> 298178 : Move photos dialog default button is Cancel, not Ok
093 ==> 296798 : Crop selection not remembered.
094 ==> 297970 : Wrong image deleted
095 ==> 158766 : Using keyboard with timeline view.
096 ==> 298491 : Typos in templatemanager.cpp.
097 ==> 297490 : Copy tags when creating a new version.
098 ==> 297804 : Saving an image loses portait orientation.
099 ==> 298380 : Versioning settings active after digikam start even if versioning is switched off.
100 ==> 288494 : Raw Images disappear after a batch conversion to Jpeg.
101 ==> 274775 : "Find similar search" results are displayed when digiKam starts, although another album is selected.
102 ==> 293500 : Photos disappear from albums after processing in the batch queue.
103 ==> 290983 : digiKam crashes when selecting: Image - Geo-location option.
104 ==> 297549 : digiKam crashes during batch raw converting.
105 ==> 299886 : ShowFoto crash while saving PNG.
106 ==> 289454 : Two faces tagged instead of one.
107 ==> 300277 : digiKam crashed on exit after adding tags to several hundred photos.
108 ==> 267579 : Keep scroll position don't remember the picture viewed but the viewed line number.
109 ==> 295263 : When tagging, "Writing metadata to files" messages never clear from progress queue.
110 ==> 300301 : Crash when applying comments and keywords on a set of jpeg.
111 ==> 231598 : Metadata on Albums are lost when album moved from local collection to a network collection.
112 ==> 257865 : Essential toolbar icons in size 32x32 are still in crystal style (oxygen style in all other sizes).
113 ==> 295430 : Image in preview does not rotate when rotate button is clicked.
114 ==> 300920 : Tags are stored multiple times.
115 ==> 299598 : When I hit the import button digiKam flashes the name of the connected camera and then crashes.
116 ==> 276920 : digiKam shows wrong file size in thumbnail info for files >2Gb.
117 ==> 205824 : EXIF UserComments with special characters get tagged as ASCII.
118 ==> 277206 : Problems exporting RAW (CR2) from editor : original file disappear from icon view.
