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 digiKam 8.2.0 - Release date: 2023-12-03
 
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 NEW FEATURES:
 
 Libraw : Update to snapshot 2023-11-21.
 Bundles: MacOS PKG is now based on Qt5 framework version 5.15.11 and KDE frameworks 5.110.
 Bundles: Linux AppImage is now based on Qt5 framework version 5.15.11 and KDE frameworks 5.110.
 Bundles: New Windows installer compiled under Windows with VCPKG tool-chain and based on Qt6 and KF6 frameworks.
 Bundles: Exiftool updated to last 12.70.
 Bundles: Exiv2 updated to last 0.28.1.
 
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 BUGFIXES:
 
 001 ==> 471934 - "Remove face region" from Ignored sends it to Unknown.
 002 ==> 472019 - Can not edit raw file with ART or Rawtherapee or Darktable 2 Gmic is not present in image editor menues.
 003 ==> 472036 - GEO Tag Editor not adding co ordinates.
 004 ==> 472094 - Delete icon not visible in find fields.
 005 ==> 472092 - Request "Ignore All" for Images with Many Persons.
 006 ==> 472125 - Connections to remote mariadb are aborted when digikam is closed.
 007 ==> 472129 - Indecently large distance between the elements in the "tools" panel.
 008 ==> 471961 - Two database dump was made on the same day, but one of them is not read by digiKam.
 009 ==> 472174 - Unable to remove "Unknown" Face Tags from photo.
 010 ==> 472235 - digiKam crashes on escaping from [modal] dialogs such as album properties form.
 011 ==> 471438 - Crash when create new album folder.
 012 ==> 472253 - Thumbnails of TIFF files show as low resolution with visible colour bands.
 013 ==> 472269 - Unable to change/remove "Ignored" identity Face Tags and name as a person.
 014 ==> 465635 - Geolocate is too slow: it reads way too much data.
 015 ==> 457272 - Incorrect UI Element Padding under KDE with Breeze Theme at 1.5 scale.
 016 ==> 472704 - Tags are not saved on exit.
 017 ==> 472683 - Showfoto ignores icons scale configured for Digikam when launched outside it.
 018 ==> 472770 - ExifTool Custom Tags outside "MakerNotes" shows not available.
 019 ==> 472734 - Database creation on MariaDB fails.
 020 ==> 472692 - Tesseract OCR does not take language selection into account.
 021 ==> 426478 - Slideshow: rating editor cannot be toggled by F4.
 022 ==> 472841 - Failed to create tables.
 023 ==> 472856 - The storage location of this image is currently not available (Ref: Bug report 438845).
 024 ==> 466773 - Conversion raw (Panasonic rw2) to DNG with bugs.
 025 ==> 472914 - Face tag subfolders get converted to backslash instead of forward slash when metadata reread.
 026 ==> 473113 - Slideshow should prevent the monitor from powering off during the slideshow.
 027 ==> 472494 - Export to Google Photos ends up with "too many requests" error.
 028 ==> 473283 - Pressing enter in the geolocation editor search box closes the window instead of searching.
 029 ==> 473312 - digiKam crashes when hitting OK for settings -> metadata -> read from sidecars.
 030 ==> 473355 - Big trash bin freezes digikam for long time.
 031 ==> 473383 - Crash when deleting an album to wastebasket.
 032 ==> 473418 - Allow other output file-types in BQM custom user script as JPEG-XL.
 033 ==> 473605 - Add Collection buttons are floating, not going with scrolling.
 034 ==> 473632 - Lighttable shows incorrect active AF points.
 035 ==> 473635 - Lighttable shows no active AF points for Canon EOS R7.
 036 ==> 473671 - Google-Maps Geolocation: Map not updating when panned.
 037 ==> 473686 - Lighttable shows incorrect active AF points for Canon EOS R8.
 038 ==> 473450 - Create a field in Digikam Settings GUI: "User's Google Maps API key".
 039 ==> 473752 - Cannot filter by video framerate greater than 60fps.
 040 ==> 473801 - Crashes while auto-importing new media files.
 041 ==> 473110 - Assertion failure when new folder is created in album (inside our outside of digiKam).
 042 ==> 473913 - digiKam crashes while refreshing albums.
 043 ==> 473826 - digiKam with exiftool backend erases XMP tags.
 044 ==> 474103 - Some .jpg files cannot be previewed or opened in digiKam.
 045 ==> 474159 - Metadata template, contact, URL is not written as metadata.
 046 ==> 474146 - Broken history, what does it mean.
 047 ==> 474205 - digiKam crashes while it scans video albums.
 048 ==> 456289 - Build error from git with Qt6.
 049 ==> 468658 - Linking failed with Qt6 and KJobs class from KDE framework.
 050 ==> 474287 - Setting prefs display metadata don't work.
 051 ==> 470556 - Collection Storage Location Unavailable Mac.
 052 ==> 398831 - digiKam DB maintenance can not tell difference between two external drives (same type and size).
 053 ==> 474367 - Incomplete display of tags.
 054 ==> 473481 - digiKam 8.1 crashes on startup.
 055 ==> 474459 - Renaming pattern field is cutting characters in MacOS.
 056 ==> 474486 - Metadata > XMP tab > Some fields are showing type="Struct".
 057 ==> 474607 - digiKam crashes when creating album for new photos.
 058 ==> 474560 - Image saved with .tiff extension instead of .tif.
 059 ==> 475122 - Need file info even collection is offline.
 060 ==> 474105 - Faces load sequentially, not showing existing face thumbnails in the database until a previous one has been generated.
 061 ==> 471058 - Tags not shown for all items after export-import.
 062 ==> 475253 - digiKam crashes when closing settings menu.
 063 ==> 473083 - Appimage has no title-bar under Wayland: add Qt plugin wayland-decoration-client.
 064 ==> 462413 - Map view freezes when viewing large number of elements.
 065 ==> 461838 - All face thumbnails in a picture are recreated after a face is tagged, which is not optimal performance-wise.
 066 ==> 406961 - Video with geo tags is filtered as non-geotagged: Mysql float value are encoded with comma or dot depending on the locale.
 067 ==> 459434 - After editing a JPG in the image editor and saving it only works for the next 3-5 images.
 068 ==> 417885 - Problems on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
 069 ==> 429793 - digiKam crashes in libicu when run with zzuf -s1 in WSL1.
 070 ==> 472944 - No option to use internal MYSQL (MariaDB) server.
 071 ==> 472322 - Problem with plugin Editor-LensCorrection.
 072 ==> 471105 - digiKam crash when moving folders.
 073 ==> 470899 - In Geolocalisation/Detail panel, it is no more possible to drag/drop an image to the map to set its coordinates.
 074 ==> 470621 - digikam crashed when applying tag to many pictures on nfs mounted collection.
 075 ==> 470146 - Crash in QtAV while playing videos with Slideshow tool.
 076 ==> 463852 - After create a Video SlideShow media as mp4 will not be integrated.
 077 ==> 463439 - Build system requires external git source.
 078 ==> 459450 - The crash for time closed a program.
 079 ==> 456987 - Open with... not working in AppImage.
 080 ==> 455936 - digiKam segfaults on startup when built with kdesrc-build.
 081 ==> 473257 - After moving image (s) clicking on preview, the application is fully blocked.
 082 ==> 453503 - digiKam cannot detect Samsung Android phone.
 083 ==> 406583 - Cannot write special characters (è, í, ó) in Tag search box.
 084 ==> 396671 - Google photo: Cannot download more than 1000 photos at once.
 085 ==> 472846 - digiKam doesn't write metadata to files/sidecars under unclear circumstances.
 086 ==> 331878 - GROUP : the «grouped images icon» disapears when working on the main (front) image.
 087 ==> 475428 - "Open With" Dialog is empty.
 088 ==> 473376 - digiKam does not use date/time from metadata.
 089 ==> 471200 - Windows 10 DigiKam Crash at Launch After Updating to 8.0.0.
 090 ==> 468348 - MySQL remote database: After hibernation, no enlarge window, no display.
 091 ==> 466938 - Duplicate Detection Reference Image.
 092 ==> 467713 - Rating unintentionally set to max. after cropping an image.
 093 ==> 464084 - After showing User Access Control prompt, installer fails to launch on Windows 10 22H2.
 094 ==> 468597 - digiKam 8.0.0 installer attempts to create a start menu folder with 7.9.0 version numbering.
 095 ==> 437737 - digiKam cannot create xmp for xcf.
 096 ==> 435343 - Crash getting People album property if Thumbnail file removed.
 097 ==> 437588 - Del removes Group Selected item and the second item also disappears from the Table view [patch].
 098 ==> 426355 - Not responding and strange activity when quality sorting.
 099 ==> 418759 - People tag filtered list when entering name is too narrow.
 100 ==> 382361 - Continuous net usage, server CPU and IO usage while doing nothing but keeping a collection opened [network share & mysql db].
 101 ==> 470566 - Metadata not updated.
 102 ==> 475663 - digiKam crashes while updating database from smb-share.
 103 ==> 395914 - Sidecar files are replaced if reading sidecar files is not enabled.
 104 ==> 469643 - digiKam 8.0 crashes when starting, as soon as the scanning completes.
 105 ==> 466837 - Detailed progress indicator twiddles open for every long running action.
 106 ==> 261634 - Use Qt6 to compile AppImage bundle.
 107 ==> 475611 - Correcting the English used in the releasenotes.html file.
 108 ==> 473356 - Importing HEIF files is extremely slow and processor intensive.
 109 ==> 473073 - Unable to import albums from google photos (Too Many Requests).
 110 ==> 472567 - Import from Gootle Photos doesn't work.
 111 ==> 472014 - When opening preview mode, album thumbnail scroller frame scrolls to the wrong position.
 112 ==> 471968 - Preview mode shows wrong location at top-screen image scroll.
 113 ==> 471231 - Segmentation fault when playing video.
 114 ==> 470551 - digiKam crashes when playing video in preview after the fourth or fifth time.
 115 ==> 470510 - When editing metadatas in Preview mode, the filmstrip sometimes jumps back.
 116 ==> 465758 - Stopping import on error.
 117 ==> 464319 - digiKam crashes when showing a video in the preview.
 118 ==> 464187 - digiKam crashes while examining videos and gifs.
 119 ==> 463851 - After create a Videoslidshow videos as mp4 will not be integrated.
 120 ==> 441539 - Cannot add collection located on HDD.
 121 ==> 441019 - Location of Collections 'Confused' by Same-Model External Drives.
 122 ==> 434438 - Writing metadata to an XMP sidecar removes previously-entered metadata already in the XMP file.
 123 ==> 429963 - digiKam hangs when adding people or cleaning the DB.
 124 ==> 475807 - Tags not being displayed under Icons in some Albums.
 125 ==> 471797 - digiKam crashes on startup at 74% on Finding New Files.
 126 ==> 471269 - Application crashes when album contains avif file.
 127 ==> 379402 - Reuse filter settings after adding geolocation information [patch].
 128 ==> 475870 - If "Use the last saved..." function is active in this case second opening the Image quality sorter become inactive.
 129 ==> 475874 - Huge mysql.err files filled with [ERROR] Incorrect definition of table mysql.column_stats.
 130 ==> 431035 - MariaDB error upgrading from stable to beta.
 131 ==> 452268 - digiKam unable to open database.
 132 ==> 455031 - Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection.
 133 ==> 451153 - Incomplete Mariadb PrivCheck delete causes digiKam fail to start.
 134 ==> 461871 - importing images does not work on images but on folders.
 135 ==> 407738 - MacOS clicking Import causes a need to force quit.
 136 ==> 412894 - Import window causes digiKam to hang in macOS.
 137 ==> 475329 - Initiating slide show goes to full screen black (or background color) and does not display images.
 138 ==> 433219 - Can't sign into my Microsoft account in order to access OneDrive.
 139 ==> 475572 - Button is not floating now, but not going correctly while scrolling.
 140 ==> 472640 - Batch Queue Manager Cannot see resize pixel size when Macintosh Widgets are selected.
 141 ==> 470359 - Geolocation Edit plugin ignores lazy synchronization / immediately writes metadata.
 142 ==> 430277 - digiKam-MySQL-MariaDB crash.
 143 ==> 475981 - Updating from 7.2.0 to 8.1 the digiKam entry in my start menu is: 7.9.0.
 144 ==> 475840 - Theme icons and text have gone dark on a dark background.
 145 ==> 472083 - Toolbar, footer, and selected tabs are unreadable in all dark themes.
 146 ==> 475482 - Icons and descriptions not readable in black body and other design.
 147 ==> 425980 - Search freezes on large collection.
 148 ==> 468609 - Loads heif only with 8 bits color depth.
 149 ==> 380328 - Close Geolocation Editor after applying changes.
 150 ==> 310153 - Images are not visible in the Main Image Window of digiKam, if the files are created as relative links.
 151 ==> 299829 - No taskbar icon for bookmark editor window.
 152 ==> 338724 - Symlink from one collection to another causes high CPU usage, freeze and DB lockup errors.
 153 ==> 342425 - Geolocation window is independent of main window but not visible in taskbar.
 154 ==> 474366 - HEIC thumbnail rotation.
 155 ==> 473396 - HEIC images not rotated correctly even though EXIF metadata could be read.
 156 ==> 472438 - Failed to update the database schema from version 15 to version 16.
 157 ==> 328460 - Size of thumbnail font fixed to system.
 158 ==> 318965 - List of digiKam setting files.
 159 ==> 305655 - Detect which pictures are actually new in the camera.
 160 ==> 302620 - Missing thumbnails in right hand window.
 161 ==> 297266 - Thumbnails do not display.
 162 ==> 293283 - Option to show files of all MIME-Types in album view.
 163 ==> 291304 - Single left click on album expands subtree.
 164 ==> 289038 - Compile error in debian: setAboutData.
 165 ==> 287787 - Can't build on Ubuntu x86-64.
 166 ==> 283373 - digiKam shows splashscreen, but won't start - no crash report genereted.
 167 ==> 329390 - Auto-rotate Using Exif information: rotates wrong picture.
 168 ==> 467226 - Allow albums/tags to exclude in duplicate finder workflow.
 169 ==> 476073 - Assign Captions behavior in Batch Queue Manager.
 170 ==> 416446 - Import dialog: wrong pop-up media capacity in status bar.
 171 ==> 459221 - Online doc: add more details about Setup Metadata options.
 172 ==> 216915 - digiKam-8.2.0 AppImage bundle do not start under OpenSuse Tumbleweed.
 173 ==> 476157 - Crash in assert when importing old digikam db.
 174 ==> 476282 - HTML-Export, order of <collection>s in <collections> seames undefined.
 175 ==> 476281 - Creating Gallery.xml, collection/content is empty.
 176 ==> 476290 - Scanning files results crash in JPEG2000 loader.
 177 ==> 472508 - Scanning AV1 files results in crash.
 178 ==> 447137 - Feature request: update metadata from picture file if associated sidecar is deleted.
 179 ==> 437646 - Images data in Grouped items are not visible in the Table view if the View / Show All Grouped Items As Open is not selected.
 180 ==> 439173 - Switch to thumbnail view should preserve the SORTING applied in table view.
 181 ==> 473430 - Tagging deletes the image file.
 182 ==> 376425 - Light table window not activated or brought to front.
 183 ==> 476316 - The drop-down menu located at the bottom left in digiKam on-line documentation does not work.
 184 ==> 476335 - For one name the "unconfirmed" is two rows but the upper row does not show correctly.
 185 ==> 469372 - "Image cannot be loaded" â some images not rendered correctly.
 186 ==> 476374 - Cursor focus jumps when in Preview and entering a tag.
 187 ==> 430873 - H.264 video only plays audio on Raspberry Pi 4b (ARM).
 188 ==> 476419 - digiKam deleted images himself.
 189 ==> 476431 - Crash report showfoto.
 190 ==> 476556 - Images vignettes are very low quality with PNG files.
 191 ==> 476578 - digiKam crashes when opening 'Tools' menu.
 192 ==> 476604 - Not possible to configure keyboard shortcut for "open with file manager".
 193 ==> 471503 - Can't find Liquid Rescale tool.
 194 ==> 476573 - Preview - Picture is shifted upward.
 195 ==> 476793 - Inconsistent margin in BQM.
 196 ==> 476863 - Faces in People panel do not respect the sort order.
 197 ==> 452441 - After Cancelling Import digikam shows no albums.
 198 ==> 476905 - Crash during Find New Items on startup when an AVIF file is in the folder structure.
 199 ==> 476990 - Allow entering small file sizes in the Advanced Search.
 200 ==> 467384 - Compile digiKam bundle under Windows with MSVC compiler.
 201 ==> 467333 - Error on exiftool install on Win10 64bit.
 202 ==> 437813 - Exiftool.exe is preventing the installation if digiKam is terminate inexplicably.
 203 ==> 453815 - Small glitch with Exiftool tab title in metadata side-bar.
 204 ==> 471299 - Crash when opening the setup dialog.
 205 ==> 477156 - Display database configuration dialog again.
 206 ==> 477203 - Two maps - horizontal and Two maps - vertical it works the other way around.
 207 ==> 449637 - Freeze due to Error in Exiv2::XMLValidator.
 208 ==> 450348 - Crash when open properties of a tag.
 209 ==> 456926 - Program crash when deleting a tag while new items are being scanned.
 210 ==> 459403 - Since upgrading to 7.8.0 digikam will no longer start. see attachment for error message.
 211 ==> 465002 - Program crash when scanning albums.
 212 ==> 469688 - Unable to launch the software after installation.
 213 ==> 473436 - digiKam Sometimes hangs when the editor saves.
 214 ==> 473961 - The program get close when i am trying to qualify several images automatically at once.
 215 ==> 456849 - Malfunctions increase with more folders.
 216 ==> 438429 - digiKam freeze whenever I confirm People Tags using a multiple selection with many faces (aprox 20).
 217 ==> 474762 - New album (on external HDD) scan crashes at startup.
 218 ==> 437658 - Crash on windows without OpenGL.
 219 ==> 458143 - Opening a picture using OpenGL viewer generates an OpenGL error then digikam crashes.
 220 ==> 460168 - Cannot start digiKam 7.8.0.
 221 ==> 465791 - File rename does not work correctly if a single file is selected.
 222 ==> 459875 - Properties popup not displaying details.
 223 ==> 453880 - Updated to version 7.6.0 and now there are no thumbnails displaying.
 224 ==> 475432 - Deleting impossible.
 225 ==> 475469 - Photos deleting.
 226 ==> 475525 - Problem with delete file permission .dtrash.
 227 ==> 397864 - Print creator aborts when export to PDF.
 228 ==> 434341 - Print Creator has a default of "Print to PDF" but "Page Settings" won't work.
 229 ==> 420508 - Closing a Menu leaves dotted line.
 230 ==> 466134 - Improve task progress information.
 231 ==> 414572 - Playing video stuttering in fullscreen mode / slideshow.
 232 ==> 472133 - At 4k resolution, high resolution adaptation mode is selected, and some window fonts are too small.
 233 ==> 450117 - Exif information in Metadata tab from right sidebar are not available although Exiftool Tab work fine.
 234 ==> 477515 - digiKam crashes at startup.
 235 ==> 470391 - Cannot uninstall or update Nightly build.
 236 ==> 431063 - Hanging Process After Closing Application in MS Windows.
 237 ==> 477542 - Suggestion : implement virtual albums.
 238 ==> 477545 - Suggestion : versioning of pictures.
 239 ==> 477393 - dgiKam crash after moving photos to different directory under its control and *then* wrote metadata to files.
 240 ==> 477571 - Icon contrast too low on Mac in dark mode.
 241 ==> 278037 - Port tool from QtAv to Qt6Multimedia API to play audio tracks.
 242 ==> 477627 - Confusing Metadata sidecar configuration.
 243 ==> 477552 - Menus are missing on Import from Card Reader Window.
 244 ==> 477650 - digiKam crash when there is a avif file.
 245 ==> 477632 - Preview disappears after Image Editor.
 246 ==> 145482 - Compile fails under Windows.
 247 ==> 139154 - Can't compilate from source.
 248 ==> 104345 - Camera hang up during download.
 249 ==> 147458 - Crash when reading EXIF from USB PtP camera or newly imported album.
 250 ==> 169814 - Compilation error: no exp2().