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digiKam 2.6.0-beta1 - Release date: 2012-02-05

NEW FEATURES:

General        : New tool to run all maintenance process in background.
General        : Lprof 3rd party library have been removed from core implementation.
General        : Thumbs/Preview for read-only files (as RAW) can be rotated through a flag in thumbnails database.
General        : Add a Progress Manager as into Kontact to drive process running in parallele.
General        : KIPI JPEGLossLess tool is now disabled in digiKam. A dedicated solution is now implemented.
                 in digiKam core to rotate/flip image using multithreading, parallelization, and image versioning.
KipiInterface  : Handle progress events from kipi tools through digiKam Progress Manager.
ImageEditor    : Template Superimpose feature have been moved to PhotoLayoutEditor kipi-plugin.


BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 286730 : digiKam crash when tagging faces.
002 ==> 290496 : digikam-2.5.0 core fails to build against libkipi from kde-4.7.95.
003 ==> 272980 : Crash while searching on a tag.
004 ==> 290642 : Build failed with gcc-4.7.0 [patch].
005 ==> 287772 : Build failed against boost-1.48 [patch].
006 ==> 267777 : Versioning not working properly when saving changes in the image editor.
007 ==> 290466 : MacPorts digiKam package fails to build.
008 ==> 268262 : Editor: Color: Color Effects: Vivid - black areas become reddish.
009 ==> 283491 : Caption/Tags tab: Active sub-tab not restored after restart [patch].
010 ==> 234067 : Annoying list of languages to select from when entering picture captions [patch].
011 ==> 277328 : Album Icon View Header linkable.
012 ==> 290022 : Edit and Rotate in the Light Table open or change the wrong image.
013 ==> 171823 : Add a non-permanent template superimpose option.
014 ==> 103696 : Fit image into superimpose template.
015 ==> 117343 : JJ: Border images - Christmas and other seasons templates wanted.
016 ==> 103695 : Precise movement in superimpose template.
017 ==> 289264 : Add option: "show thumbbar in full-screen picture preview".
018 ==> 237452 : Tagging interface functionality lost.
019 ==> 192055 : Typo digiKam tip of the day.
020 ==> 284212 : Quick Collection and Progress Center as into KMail.
021 ==> 137191 : I'd like to rotate only the thumbnail of an image (and not allow rotate raw image).
022 ==> 286213 : digiKam allows RAW (ORF) photos to be rotated, but then fails.
023 ==> 289222 : Rotate jpeg images isn't multithreaded.
024 ==> 215770 : Png files can't be rotated without help of imagemagick.
025 ==> 147968 : Some images are erroneously rotated.
026 ==> 240146 : If I press rotate on the thumbnail of a photo an error occurs.
027 ==> 257772 : Image rotate/flip does not work.
028 ==> 233585 : Rotate image fails with digikam on Archlinux and pictures on NTFS.
029 ==> 247947 : Images rotated with JPEGLossLess are shifted.
030 ==> 237808 : digiKam don't rotate JPEG images.
031 ==> 207190 : Improve "rotate Image" overlay-buttons.
032 ==> 212362 : Add support for instant rotate.
033 ==> 232777 : Lost images, when they are rotated on (over-)full hd resp. partition.
034 ==> 208504 : Add type icon to images under the thumbnail (patch).
035 ==> 262183 : Rating in thumbbar view is broken.
036 ==> 280044 : Thumbnails flicker.
037 ==> 211757 : digiKam preview: next image with left arrow key.
038 ==> 228869 : Rename image and overwriting existing messes up the thumbnail display.
039 ==> 117301 : Thumbnails generation process running for visible thumbnails only, if it is sensible in order to avoid unnecessary waiting.
040 ==> 292578 : Windows 7 prof. 32Bits, Context Menu not fully visible.
041 ==> 292645 : Build fails at imageproperties/captionedit.cpp.
042 ==> 275122 : Rotating a TIFF file wipes out its metadata.
043 ==> 278909 : Create fingerprints during thumbnail generation.
044 ==> 228314 : Timeline view in digiKam scroll's left but not right.
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