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0001 digiKam 7.7.0 - Release date: 2022-06-26 0002 0003 ***************************************************************************************************** 0004 NEW FEATURES: 0005 0006 General: Remove internal libheif and libde265 from core in favor to system libraries. 0007 General: Update internal Libraw snapshot to 2022-06-17 with Olympus OM-1 support. 0008 Bundles: Add JpegXL support (read/write) in all bundles (AppImage, MacOS, and Windows). 0009 More info about this file format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL 0010 Bundles: Add AVIF/AOM support (read/write) in all bundles (AppImage, MacOS, and Windows). 0011 More info about this file format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVIF 0012 Bundles: All bundles uses KF5 frameworks version 5.95. 0013 Bundles: MacOS package uses Qt framework version 5.15.3. 0014 Bundles: Windows installer uses Qt framework version 5.15.5. 0015 0016 ***************************************************************************************************** 0017 BUGFIXES: 0018 0019 001 ==> 450567 - When editing a group caption, the digiKam does not warn of possible information loss. 0020 002 ==> 450587 - Inconsistent disabled state of Save action after Undo/Redo. 0021 003 ==> 451256 - An empty album displays a notification message that the database query returned no result. 0022 004 ==> 451265 - Incorrect information in dialog. 0023 005 ==> 451221 - Cannot start digiKam. 0024 006 ==> 451289 - Database identifiers should be protected with tick marks. 0025 007 ==> 436533 - Add JPEG XL support in all bundles (AppImage, MacOS, Windows). 0026 009 ==> 109060 - Add AVIF file format support to all bundles (AppImage, MacOS, Windows). 0027 010 ==> 451374 - When changing image orientation to portrait in DNG file, the change does not seem to get written to file metadata. 0028 011 ==> 451460 - Failed to update the database schema from version 10 to version 11. 0029 012 ==> 449406 - Photograph Properties incorrect after saving in image editor. 0030 013 ==> 451660 - digiKam Import Main View - <Ctrl-W>, <Ctr-Esc> and Menu entry "Close" do not close the Window. 0031 014 ==> 451697 - Why does digiKam do anything to Thumbnails if tags are changed? 0032 015 ==> 451628 - digiKam hangs on startup. 0033 016 ==> 451545 - Strange tagging after building a new database. 0034 017 ==> 451347 - Missing Rating info in XMP sidecar, for RAW files. 0035 018 ==> 450785 - Image version hiding not working. 0036 019 ==> 451723 - Reread metadata from image stalls when started from Tag Manager. 0037 020 ==> 451291 - Insuffiecient privileges "ALTER TABLE" crashes digiKam. 0038 021 ==> 451786 - Zero sized images on failed move. 0039 022 ==> 451785 - Map view freezing. 0040 023 ==> 451637 - Crash while extra->maintenance. 0041 024 ==> 386522 - Video decoder backend in digiKam (windows 10). 0042 025 ==> 418266 - Animated .gif files flicker while looping. 0043 026 ==> 451933 - No access to folders with Flatpak. 0044 027 ==> 451934 - Cannot move picture to trash. 0045 028 ==> 451943 - digiKam crashes on *.svg file that contains a font that's not installed on the system. 0046 029 ==> 451924 - digiKam-7.7.0-20220325T121458-Win64.tar.xz crash on start. 0047 030 ==> 452008 - Timestamp not updated when using File name timestamp. 0048 031 ==> 452103 - Custom keyboard shortcut definitions not persistent. 0049 032 ==> 452323 - digiKam crash after importing photos. 0050 033 ==> 452321 - digiKam Album date after migration from Picasa3. 0051 034 ==> 122738 - Exiv2 needed to compile. 0052 035 ==> 451868 - Crash while creating quality. 0053 036 ==> 452578 - Cannot set correct image folder when configure. 0054 037 ==> 452712 - Appimage for 7.6.0 will not run in Ubuntu 18.04. 0055 038 ==> 452677 - The date is passed to iNaturalist in the wrong format. 0056 039 ==> 452947 - From Batch Queue Manager metadata for lens auto-correction are not recognized. 0057 040 ==> 452577 - Export to Pinterest function does not work and shows a message status:failure,code:11. 0058 041 ==> 453181 - QMYSQL driver not loaded. 0059 042 ==> 453231 - digiKam does not work anymore after upgrading to ubuntu 22.04. 0060 043 ==> 453244 - 7.6.0 Appimage crashes on Ubuntu 22.04. 0061 044 ==> 453249 - Face regions get lost when the file is renamed. 0062 045 ==> 453418 - Color Profile Default Locations not Correct. 0063 046 ==> 453516 - Crash on Inkscape svg file in Exiv2. 0064 047 ==> 453611 - Showfoto main window freeze and crash at startup. 0065 048 ==> 453617 - Add "Ignore face" button for unrecongised faces in thumbnail view. 0066 049 ==> 453707 - Resizing and then ignoring recognised face ignores the original rectangle and resizes the rectangle for the suggested face. 0067 050 ==> 453817 - digiKam does not detect hugin software as it is now provided as a flatpack, and no more as a classic ppa. 0068 051 ==> 453905 - Network Mounts are not functional. 0069 052 ==> 453888 - Exiftool display of a malformed tag. 0070 053 ==> 453899 - Ccache not detected at digiKam git compilation. 0071 054 ==> 453417 - Color Management not working properly. 0072 055 ==> 453965 - Showfoto crashed while parsing image metadata with Image Magick. 0073 056 ==> 454090 - Prevent computer from sleeping after playing some videos. 0074 057 ==> 362023 - Extremely slow metadata writing via maintenance. 0075 058 ==> 454279 - Appimage not starting. 0076 059 ==> 444265 - The plugin MediaWiki crashes by uploading an image. 0077 060 ==> 454537 - RAW DNG image file (from Adobe Lightroom) with color space conversion to sSRG IEC61966-2.1 and converted to TIFF cannot be read. 0078 061 ==> 454770 - Progress bar shows checkmark. 0079 062 ==> 454766 - Importing an album uses only a single thread. 0080 063 ==> 454768 - Progress bar is useless. 0081 064 ==> 454796 - 7.6.0 AppImage fails to start on Ubuntu 22.04 "symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0". 0082 065 ==> 454844 - Cannot read a JPEG produced by Photoshop and acceptable to LightRoom. 0083 066 ==> 454831 - Sort photos by shooting date. 0084 067 ==> 454882 - Requirements for MySQL Server omit USER. 0085 068 ==> 454873 - Problems with lensfun and batch. 0086 069 ==> 454978 - Search for camera maker does not yield results for certain photos. 0087 070 ==> 455001 - Add case for Casio/Minolta cameras in shortenedMakeInfo (itempropertiestab.cpp). 0088 071 ==> 455047 - Renaming folder with different case is detected as a different album. 0089 072 ==> 455057 - Exposure blending fails to preview. 0090 073 ==> 455091 - Renaming files on import loses image order in some cases. 0091 074 ==> 455417 - Regression : when batch renaming file (F2), only the first modifier is taken into account. 0092 075 ==> 453165 - digiKam crashes before starting faces detection. 0093 076 ==> 453971 - Maintenance / Face recognition - digiKam (Not responding). 0094 077 ==> 454940 - Exporting PSD files to Google Photos fails under Windows works under Linux. 0095 078 ==> 455699 - Importing folders with subdirectories creates albums, but they're missing in album view. 0096 079 ==> 452508 - Components information crashes digiKam. 0097 080 ==> 444296 - digiKam starts but does not open a window. Showfoto does the same. 0098 081 ==> 455050 - digiKam hangs on startup.