digikam/project/NEWS.7.8.0

0001 digiKam 7.8.0 - Release date: 2022-09-04
0002
0003 *****************************************************************************************************
0004 NEW FEATURES:
0005
0006 General : HIF files recognized as HEIF images.
0007 IconView: Add support of GrayScale and 16 bits PSD images.
0008 Bundles : AppImage ported to Qt5 5.15.5
0009 Bundles : all bundles ported to KF5 5.96
0010 General : Libraw updated to 2022-07-14 snapshot.
0011           Camera format support:
0012               Phase One/Leaf IIQ-S v2 support
0013               Canon CR3 filmrolls/RawBurst
0014               Canon CRM (movie) files
0015               iled bit-packed (and 16-bit unpacked) DNGs
0016               (non-standard) Deflate-compressed integer DNG files are allowed
0017           Camera support:
0018               Canon EOS R3, R7 and R10
0019               Fujifilm X-H2S, X-T30 II
0020               OM System OM-1
0021               Leica M11
0022               Sony A7-IV (ILCE-7M4)
0023               DJI Mavic 3
0024               Nikon Z9: standard compression formats only
0025 Plugins : GMicQt tool updated to last version 3.1.
0026
0027 *****************************************************************************************************
0028 BUGFIXES:
0029
0030 001 ==> 455805 - At start of digikam: "Your locale has changed since this album was last opened."
0031 002 ==> 455859 - digiKam 7.7.0 FTBFS with Qt 5.9 (as in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS).
0032 003 ==> 419458 - digiKam 6.4.0 appimage fails to run on centos 7.7.
0033 004 ==> 412778 - digiKam 6.3.0 appimage fails to run on centos 7.6.
0034 005 ==> 455922 - Appimage fails to start in Fedora 36 - Missing libnsl.so.1.
0035 006 ==> 456247 - Change MacOS to macOS.
0036 007 ==> 456333 - File transfer terminated resulted 0 byte files to target, while files were deleted from source.
0037 008 ==> 456365 - Importing filetype QOI.
0038 009 ==> 397610 - Problem to render greyscale PSD thumbnails.
0039 010 ==> 261088 - PSD 16 Bit images not displayed.
0040 011 ==> 452032 - Dark mode support on macOS.
0041 012 ==> 456347 - Delete does not work anymore.
0042 013 ==> 456481 - Open with default program -button opens multiple editor windows.
0043 014 ==> 456592 - No "remove all filters" command available.
0044 015 ==> 456545 - The "handles" in the scroll bars are too inconspicuous.
0045 016 ==> 456604 - Parse "file name timestamp" with template YYYY-MM-DD hh[hH]mm when adjusting time & date.
0046 017 ==> 457022 - digiKam overrides the original raw-image (cr2) as jpg-file after or before a cut and save as new image. Then you have two jpg-files.
0047 018 ==> 457061 - Crash opening any folder on macOS 10.14.
0048 019 ==> 120055 - ALBUMTHUMBS : Allow to use any image managed by digiKam as Tags album thumbnail.
0049 020 ==> 457086 - A request to add our own tag icons.
0050 021 ==> 457153 - Allow for sub-folders to be searched when selecting Scan for faces in Albums.
0051 022 ==> 456833 - No Drag and drop or Open with in showfoto Appimage.
0052 023 ==> 457225 - Make use of existing people tags.
0053 024 ==> 425352 - Cursor is huge and jagged.
0054 025 ==> 333115 - Add tool to fix dust area from lens.
0055 026 ==> 456987 - Open with... not working in AppImage.
0056 027 ==> 457312 - Using customized filename with camera name deletes previous name parts.
0057 028 ==> 457257 - Contextual menu option "rename" does not work.
0058 029 ==> 408586 - digiKam search, thumbnails don't refresh correctly.
0059 030 ==> 457422 - Cannot select items in table view.
0060 031 ==> 457421 - digiKam treats .MOV files differently from .JPG files by creation timestamp in metadata to match local time.
0061 032 ==> 457580 - Not possible to view HEIC files with Swedish charaters in path.
0062 033 ==> 457479 - digiKam does not help the user to enter dates quickly.
0063 034 ==> 457662 - digiKam implodes when run by root because QtWebEngine exits.
0064 035 ==> 457693 - digiKam crashes if trying to delete selection of multiple files.
0065 036 ==> 454676 - Metadata missing from thumbnails after moving more than 30 to 40 images at a time between albums.
0066 037 ==> 457682 - Cut and Paste operations with Tags on many elements gives an unexpected result.
0067 038 ==> 457830 - Can't add Collections from local filesystem.
0068 039 ==> 457896 - In People view, the viewport doesn't scroll to the selected face photo thumbnail when arrow keys or PgUp/PgDn are used.
0069 040 ==> 457972 - digiKam Crash when select multiple files and add to cue to batch process.
0070 041 ==> 458023 - Print Creator: Impossible to include Gimp binaries.
0071 042 ==> 458029 - Duplicate tags keep reappering at their old places in hierarchy.
0072 043 ==> 384285 - Text unclear in documentation.
0073 044 ==> 458108 - Thumbnail disappears when image is renamed, reappears only on selection or mouseover.
0074 045 ==> 458145 - Geolocation editor works properly when opened from ShowFoto but not when opened from digiKam.
0075 046 ==> 458228 - Hugin doesnt work in Wayland.
0076 047 ==> 458260 - How can i switch to full Russian version of digiKam.
0077 048 ==> 458314 - digiKam crashes while editing picture.
0078 049 ==> 457871 - digiKam packages for a while not building.