digiKam 0.9.3-beta1 Release

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

The digiKam development team is happy to release 0.9.3-beta1. The digiKam tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge as well.
(0.9.3 will probably be the last release before we will switch over to KDE4 which will see a totally revamped digiKam.)

New features of the camera interface:

• The camera interface is now used to import new images into collections.
• There are new options to download pictures and delete them from the camera at the same time.
• Support of Drag & Drop to download files from camera window to album window.
• A progress bar has been added to indicate the available space in the Album Library Path

Improvements:

• Updated internal CImg library to last stable 1.2.3 (released at 2007/08/24)
• Color scheme theme are now XML based (instead X11 format).

Bug-fixes of KDE BUGZILLA (alias B.K.O | http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 120450 : Strange helper lines behavior in ratio crop tool.
002 ==> 147248 : Image info doesn't follow image in the editor.
003 ==> 147147 : digiKam does not apply tags to some selected images.
004 ==> 143200 : Mass renaming with F2 crashes digiKam.
005 ==> 147347 : Showfoto crashes when opening twice multiple files.
006 ==> 147269 : digiKam finds but fails to use libkdcraw.
007 ==> 147263 : Some icons are missing.
008 ==> 146636 : Adjust levels plugin: helper line for sliders.
009 ==> 147671 : Portability problem in configure script.
010 ==> 147670 : Compilation problems on NetBSD in greycstoration.
011 ==> 147362 : Tool-tip for zoom indicator is below the screen if window is maximized.
012 ==> 145017 : Deleting an image from within digiKam does not update the digiKam database.
013 ==> 148925 : Light Table thumb bar not updated when deleting images.
014 ==> 148971 : run-on menu entry "digiKamThemeDesigner".
015 ==> 148930 : digiKam-0.9.2 does not compile with lcms-1.17.
016 ==> 141774 : Auto-rotate does not work however KIPI rotation works.
017 ==> 103350 : Original image is silently overwritten when saving.
018 ==> 144431 : Add option in Camera Download Dialog.
019 ==> 131407 : Use camera GUI also for import of images from different locations.
020 ==> 143934 : Cannot download all photos from camera.
021 ==> 147119 : Can't link against static libjasper, configure reports jasper is missing.
022 ==> 147439 : It is too easy to delete a search.
023 ==> 147687 : Error when downloading and converting images.
024 ==> 137590 : Be able to modify the extension of images in the interface.
025 ==> 139024 : Camera GUI new items selection doesn't work.
026 ==> 139519 : digiKam silently fails to import when out of disc space.
027 ==> 149469 : Excessive trash confirmation dialogs after album is deleted.
028 ==> 148648 : Color managed previews not working in all plugins.
029 ==> 126427 : In "rename file" dialog, the 2nd picture is (and can't) not be displayed.
030 ==> 144336 : Selecting pictures on the camera makes scroll-bar jump back to the top of the list.
031 ==> 136927 : Failed to download file DCP_4321.jpg. Do you want to continue? and when continue is clicked the same warning comes on for the next image and so on.
032 ==> 146083 : Bugs in drag and drop.
033 ==> 147854 : Put images into an emptied light-table.
034 ==> 149578 : libjpeg JPEG sub-sampling setting is not user-controllable.
035 ==> 149685 : Go to next photo after current photo deletion (vs. to previous photo).
036 ==> 148233 : Adding texture generates black image.
037 ==> 147311 : Light Table RAW images does not rotate as def. by EXIF info.
038 ==> 146773 : Metadata sources preference when sorting images.
039 ==> 140133 : Metadata Edit Picture Comments Syncs to IPTC and EXIF when option is de-selected .
040 ==> ML : Lost toolbar after building from svn