digikam/project/NEWS.4.5.0

0001 digiKam 4.5.0 - Release date: 2014-11-09
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0004 NEW FEATURES:
0005
0006 General : Remove internal libpgf. Add external and mandatory dependency to libpgf >= 6.12.24.
0007 General : Extra tools dependency is now optional.
0008 General : Geolocation is now an optional dependency to support geolocation maps.
0009 General : FacesEngine is now an optional dependency to support faces detection and recocognition.
0010 General : libjasper is now an optional dependency to support JPEG200.
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0013 BUGFIXES:
0014
0015 001 ==> 339806 - Compiler error: ambiguous reference to ratio variable.
0016 002 ==> 326945 - When build digikam from git and package libpgf is installed, no way to use internal digikam libpgf.
0017 003 ==> 339524 - Identity class miss d private container to improve binary compatibility [patch].
0018 004 ==> 315574 - CORE : bad performance when Tag-related Sidebars (Tag management / Filter) are open [patch].
0019 005 ==> 339903 - Select 'recent' albums containing MOV or .xcf(Gimp) files. Immediate crash occurs.
0020 006 ==> 340030 - Tools can not be deactivated on non-English locales.
0021 007 ==> 340141 - White Balance: Unable to specify exposure compensation > x.5.
0022 008 ==> 340186 - GROUP : Wallet icon for grouped photos is conceptually confusing.
0023 009 ==> 306767 - ICONVIEW : thumb focus is lost after renaming.
0024 010 ==> 340295 - Make fails on imagedescedittab.cpp has no member named 'textEdit'.
0025 011 ==> 337737 - MYSQL : settings and installation windows freeze when valid mariadb/mysql db connection is available [patch].
0026 012 ==> 340439 - No auto-rotation/flip Images after download [patch].
0027 013 ==> 338407 - Import not showing image thumbnails for certain Canon cameras [patch].
0028 014 ==> 326718 - Clear text button on file rename does nothing [patch].
0029 015 ==> 267789 - Make face detection and geo tagging optional features [patch].
0030 016 ==> 172295 - digiKam has a hard dependency on Jasper library.
0031 017 ==> 339180 - Cmake and/or compiler pick up Geolocation header files from previous version.
0032 018 ==> 340581 - Ratings with rating == 0 cannot be selected on the left sidebar [patch].
0033 019 ==> 339154 - digiKam goes into infinite loop when working with tags/captions information tab templates.
0034 020 ==> 340487 - Add Album Category as a search criteria [patch].
0035 021 ==> 337422 - EXIF thumbnail date information not updated when writing metadata to image.
0036 022 ==> 340443 - Advanced slideshow shows not all pictures under certain conditions [patch].
0037 023 ==> 340476 - Floating Cards brings digiKam with non-English locales to crash and missing parameter text [patch].