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digiKam 5.0.0-beta3 - Release date: 2016-01-17

NEW FEATURES:

General            : Implementations ported to Qt5 libraries and KF5 libraries.
General            : Integer and double input value sliders use now PhotoShop/Krita/Gimp like widget.
General            : LCMS1 support removed.
General            : Sqlite2 support removed.
General            : Welcome Page view re-writed to support selected best background photo from end user.
General            : Replacing annoying KIOSlave listing and scanning methods with new threads based implementation.
General            : Isolating KIO calls in KIOWrapper to be able to create a pure Qt digiKam in the future.
General            : Add embedded trash support for each collection instead desktop trash.

Database           : Fully integration of face recognition database with Mysql support.
Database           : Mysql internal server is now configurable as Sqlite to store database files at a customized place.
Database           : Mysql internal/remote server is now configurable with first run assistant.

Batch Queue Manager: Add a new tool to convert RAW files to DNG.
Image Editor       : Add a new Lut3D tool.

Image Editor       : Add a new option to import images from a digital scanner.
Image Editor       : Add a new option to edit metadata.
Image Editor       : Add a new option to edit geolocation.
Image Editor       : Add a new Lut3D tool.

Light Table        : Add a new option to import images from a digital scanner.
Light Table        : Add a new option to edit metadata.
Light Table        : Add a new option to edit geolocation.

Showfoto           : Add a new option to import images from a digital scanner.
Showfoto           : Add a new option to edit metadata.
Showfoto           : Add a new option to edit geolocation.

BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (https://www.digikam.org/changelog):

001 ==> 284216 - Using slider widget from Krita.
002 ==> 342010 - digiKam crash, apparently in xcb.
003 ==> 317599 - Port digiKam to KF5 and Qt5.
004 ==> 342256 - digiKam Crash on Start.
005 ==> 340933 - digiKam crash while tagging photos (Baloo database).
006 ==> 343662 - Build Error regarding lensfuncameraselector.
007 ==> 332665 - digiKam should use Baloo interface.
008 ==> 345144 - Remove kdelibs4support not finished (frameworks branch).
009 ==> 345484 - Add Eclipse support to bootstrap.linux, fix QT_INSTALL_PREFIX detection.
010 ==> 278577 - Display album thumbnails in welcome page.
011 ==> 138200 - Display all pictures when root album (as "My Albums" and "My Tags") is selected instead of welcome page.
012 ==> 348173 - digiKam crash during i was browsing photo in a directory.
013 ==> 349925 - Fail cmake chek if -DENABLE_KFILEMETADATASUPPORT=ON is not set.
014 ==> 333377 - Show warning messagebox when non-RAW file is added to DNGConverter instead of none.
015 ==> 122653 - File-dialogue claims that pictures are not on the local-storage, yet they are
016 ==> 348347 - Can't create albums - menu is greyed out.
017 ==> 164168 - Integration of image scanning into showfoto.
018 ==> 144597 - Metadata editor not accessible from image editor.
019 ==> 132161 - Support for editing EXIF comments.
020 ==> 328548 - Show a progress bar while saving files imported from a scanner.
021 ==> 208502 - Add small thumbnail of current edited image somewhere in tool dialog.
022 ==> 317241 - GoogleMaps : Tiles are not refresh.
023 ==> 330231 - GoogleMaps : Memory leak when map is displayed.
024 ==> 208227 - ImagePosition does not always reflect contents of GPS Exif-Tags.
025 ==> 284767 - No geolocating for (Canon) RAW files displayed/saved.
026 ==> 146557 - kio_digikamdate takes the cpu load up when downloading raw files with digiKam.
027 ==> 109631 - Make digikamtags protocol public KIO-slave.
028 ==> 224604 - Add internal trash for files deleted in digiKam (as IPhoto).
029 ==> 353621 - Error at startup : couldn't create KIO slave.
030 ==> 352458 - GPL2 and GPL3 De-Mazing methods not enabled (Configured) on Windows build.
031 ==> 353927 - Missing local sources for libmediawiki.
032 ==> 352056 - Use standard icons instead of hardcoded icons.
033 ==> 354324 - Add option to group by date during import [patch].
034 ==> 355076 - opencvfacedetector.cpp compile fails with opencv-3.0.0.
035 ==> 311041 - MYSQL : scan faces fails because of missing table.
036 ==> 316747 - MIGRATION : Error on database schema creation.
037 ==> 279580 - MYSQL : unable to get database to work after update to 2.0.
038 ==> 327062 - MYSQL : when a host is set for an user in database, digiKam fail to update.
039 ==> 283502 - MYSQL : database upgrade v5 to v6 failed.
040 ==> 233762 - SETUP : Provide reasonable defaults and help for the database settings page.
041 ==> 337443 - SETUP : digikam hangs when opening the preferences window on the collection page using MySQL database.
042 ==> 262321 - MYSQL : user privileges management.
043 ==> 342124 - MYSQL : database error while verification at startup.
044 ==> 355730 - Batch processing Pentax K-S2 RAW - Item from queue #1 Failed to process item.
045 ==> 233763 - SETUP : Using mysql server with invalid settings is "possible".
046 ==> 355900 - Save edited file under wrong name on image switch.
047 ==> 277257 - CORE : bad performance when moving images inside digiKam collections.
048 ==> 114539 - CORE : removable media management.
049 ==> 355552 - Use the 1st item in "Open with..." if digiKam does not have embedded support for "preview".
050 ==> 356080 - digiKam does not open preview for LZW non-stripped TIFFs created by ScanTailor.
051 ==> 354887 - ISO speed rating missing after DNG conversion.
052 ==> 331628 - MYSQL : digiKam talk's uncompatible SQL with TokuDB database engine.
053 ==> 281838 - THUMBDB : thumbnail tables are always created in images database.
054 ==> 323507 - digitaglinktree : usage with mysql instead of sqlite [patch].
055 ==> 287405 - BQM AdjustCurves tool : Load curves settings file.
056 ==> 220402 - Add a new BQM tool to call an external program [patch].
057 ==> 339801 - Thumbnails are not displayed properly on 10-bit/channel monitors.
058 ==> 353789 - Add new tool to apply Lut3D on image [patch].
059 ==> 356672 - digiKam 4.14.0 failed to build against lensfun 0.3.2.
060 ==> 355980 - Showfotosetup link errors - undefined reference to `Digikam::Setup*.
061 ==> 262644 - When typing names to unconfirmed faces, only tags beginning with "name" are shown.
062 ==> 356975 - Nikon 5300 12bit RAW/NEF: wrong white/black level.
063 ==> 356639 - digiKam crash when i create a new folder.
064 ==> 357301 - Album view is not updated automatically anymore.
065 ==> 357168 - digiKam goes reset.
066 ==> 354745 - Thumbnails not shown in album view after startup.
067 ==> 357577 - Crashes after splash screen with ASSERT failure in QVector [patch].
068 ==> 357738 - Item // Edit Geolocation window does not remember its size.
069 ==> 357504 - File might get invisible in album after rename (by removing file extension).
070 ==> 357952 - Problem with conversion from ‘int’ to ‘boolean’ when using libjpeg 9a.
071 ==> 357972 - Video Thumbnails are not produced anymore.
072 ==> 307303 - GROUP : delete group of photos problem [patch].
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