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digiKam 5.5.0 - Release date: 2017-03-12

NEW FEATURES:

Database    : Add new options to ignore some kind of directories while scanning collections.
Database    : We introduced garbage collection for databases as maintenance stage. This stage removes stale image,
              thumbnail and face entries gut does not shrink Databases automatically.
Faces       : It is now possible to remove face tags from people sidebar but preserve them in tags sidebar.
Faces       : Recognised but unconfirmed faces are now visible both in the recognised face tag and also in a special tag called Unconfirmed.
Faces       : The list of proposed names for name assignment in people sidebar can now be reduced to face tags with a setup option.
Faces       : Tags in tags sidebar can now be marked as face tags via context menu if they are not already.
Maintenance : The maintenance now does not generate massive amounts of threads anymore. Instead, we use a queue based approach to
              level the load on the CPUs more appropriate. This should improve the reactiveness during maintenance.
Searches    : Improved the exactness of similarity recognition for external images dropped in fuzzy search.
Searches    : Introduced a configurable lower bound for the minimum similarity in fuzzy and duplicates search.
Searches    : The results of duplicates searches can now be restricted. It is now possible to restrict the duplicates to the ones that
              are in the same album as the reference image or in another album. This feature is also usable in maintenance.
Searches    : In duplicates view, the reference image is more clearly identified by the description reference image in the image information.
BQM         : Several usability improvements in Watermark tool.
General     : Unsharp Mask filter can now reduce color noise to process image in HSL color space.
General     : Update internal Libraw to 0.18.2 : new camera supported: Sigma Quattro H.
              Fixed bug in exposure computation for Fuji camera. Fix wrong black level in Sony A350.
              Fix Sony metadata parser. Fix Phase One decoding.

BUGFIXES FROM BUGZILLA:

001 ==> 374787 : Release Notes are difficult to read because of color choices.
002 ==> 374784 - Startup wizard displays path to album with forward slashes.
003 ==> 374771 - Thumbnails for video files are gray.
004 ==> 366010 - Main menu bar is not translated (localized).
005 ==> 328321 - Image orientation is not maintained when processing RAW image through BQM.
006 ==> 374922 - digiKam crashes when dropping ext. image into fuzzy search target area.
007 ==> 375019 - Error updating scheme from digikam 4.
008 ==> 311652 - THUMBBAR : wrong items selection with shift key.
009 ==> 374671 - Breeze Icons missing dark icons.
010 ==> 375107 - Deleting a tag with 0 images from Tag Manager generates incorrect dialog - missing tag name.
011 ==> 375142 - The similarity calculated for the fuzzy image drop search is imprecise.
012 ==> 336253 - Create a New tag, Unconfirmed Faces [patch].
013 ==> 263400 - Newly detected faces should be stored in a dedicated virtual album for checking.
014 ==> 262168 - When adding name, the list should only contain people [patch].
015 ==> 373946 - digiKam freezes when trying to use "Upload".
016 ==> 367083 - Not Writing Labels to XMP Sidecar.
017 ==> 375108 - AppImage has no application icon showing in Ubuntu.
018 ==> 341758 - BQM Watermark tool : Option to set size based on given dimension.
019 ==> 371485 - GoogleMaps outdated.
020 ==> 375399 - No preview of video files.
021 ==> 375357 - No video preview.
022 ==> 375390 - "Set as Tag Thumbnail" in Tag View doesn't work.
023 ==> 375110 - Open with doesn't remember application association.
024 ==> 328457 - BQM Watermark tool : doesn't apply zero margins.
025 ==> 373756 - Display Names Are Not Updated in Regions When People Tag Changed.
026 ==> 374712 - Preview image does not work any more from thumbs view.
027 ==> 281742 - ICONVIEW : wrong selection start when browsing images.
028 ==> 375408 - Don't change context menu shortcut keys in single vs. multiple image context menus.
029 ==> 375471 - Delete Selected Albums Dialogue Contains Duplicate Paths.
030 ==> 339460 - BQM Watermark tool : add new option to support font style [patch].
031 ==> 375600 - Time Adjust Batch Queue depends on Global Metadata Setting for timestamp.
032 ==> 375627 - What is the input box under Fuzzy -> Image -> Similarity range?
033 ==> 375663 - Progress bars not initialized in ImageEditor at various places.
034 ==> 375350 - Default maintenance window too small on OSX.
035 ==> 374004 - Different Images recognised as identical images.
036 ==> 375704 - Dragging the map over the zoom slider in Marble/OSM view will unintentionally zoom out/in.
037 ==> 375749 - Crash when trying to configure table column.
038 ==> 363937 - Add option to disable thumbnails in Import window.
039 ==> 291110 - BQM Watermark tool : size original/unchanged/pixels/points.
040 ==> 375767 - In Editor switching between pictures with left/right key is reversed. Pic 1 of 80 is displayed as 80 of 80.
041 ==> 375770 - Creating tag from left panel causes error.
042 ==> 375591 - digiKam crash.
043 ==> 375700 - digiKam freezes for a long time (I/O wait) if similarity range is set too low.
044 ==> 375573 - Don't reset/destroy context after deleting one image among a set of duplicates.
045 ==> 374368 - Unchecking "Show splash screen at startup" causes no window to display at launch.
046 ==> 375809 - digiKam froze on opening Settings.
047 ==> 376112 - digiKam Handbook (Menu & F1) Goes To Incorrect Location.
048 ==> 374591 - Deleting image only removes the file and sets the status to hidden but does not delete the image from DB [patch].
049 ==> 323718 - THUMBDB : rebuild all thumbnails does not get rid of all thumbnails first.
050 ==> 317210 - THUMBDB : delete image removes file, but does not remove thumbnails
051 ==> 338869 - BQM Watermark tool : add new option to rotate text.
052 ==> 250642 - BQM Watermark tool : signature does not respect correct orientation.
053 ==> 290944 - BQM Watermark tool : does not support correct placement of watermarks.
054 ==> 374450 - DATA LOSS: Saving a file can overwrite other file.
055 ==> 376345 - Can't disable "auto spell check" while editing metadata.
056 ==> 376369 - No Icon of digiKam in Gnome's panels.
057 ==> 376375 - Strange Map icon.
058 ==> 376351 - create a tool to automatically group jpeg and raw images with same name.
059 ==> 115753 - Option to apply unsharp masking to luma channel only [patch].
060 ==> 376409 - Export doesn't work on Windows
061 ==> 376423 - Inconsistent ENTER key in thumbnails view.
062 ==> 376489 - Crash with Pentax K-5 DNG files.
063 ==> 376621 - Cannot Enter Data In Geolocation Editor Details Tab.
064 ==> 376650 - Write Meta Data hangs if album is empty.
065 ==> 375199 - Metadata Synchronizer Tool is not working for subfolders.
066 ==> 375796 - Barel Effect Apperaing on Images RAW RW2 Panasonic Format.
067 ==> 376331 - Path when saving/opening presentation files should be remebered.
068 ==> 375416 - Frequent crashes when applying faces.
069 ==> 301048 - BQM Watermark tool : more super-impose visible watermark options [patch].
070 ==> 123097 - SCAN : ignore some directories in digiKam [patch].
071 ==> 283062 - THUMBDB : limit the size of thumbnail database
072 ==> 216895 - SQLITE : improve performance and reduce space with some pragma's
073 ==> 374225 - Add possibility to remove face identities by removing tag and remove person tags but preserving the tags themselves [patch]
074 ==> 376815 - Restore from Trash works incorrectly.
075 ==> 376820 - Make mime type settings GUI more consistent [patch].
076 ==> 376615 - Missing icon in GNOME shell dock.
077 ==> 376885 - The setting 'Always show original images' cannot be disabled in 5.5.0.
078 ==> 376721 - Poor quality colour management in Preview vs Editor.
079 ==> 376898 - Crash when scanning photo containing exif with empty Jis comment (Digikam::MetaEngine::getExifComment, QTextCodec::toUnicode) [patch].
080 ==> 374248 - importing photo, bad file selector.
081 ==> 376530 - Map jumps to 0/0 position when using "Zoom into a group".
082 ==> 376928 - Changes on mimetypes are applied after restart [patch].
083 ==> 377011 - A list of dependencies for setting up development environment.
084 ==> 376020 - Moving of photos within the fuzzy search corrupts database.
085 ==> 375421 - Same name under "Albums" for different collections with same underlying name.
086 ==> 208713 - Quicker deletion of multiple duplicate images.
087 ==> 372378 - Action after the search of the duplicated images.
088 ==> 202030 - Search duplicate images filtered by file type mime.
089 ==> 365331 - digiKam not loading because rpath information missing from libQt5Qml, libQt5Script and libQt5Quick.
090 ==> 377039 - Network Collections cause hang on "Reading Database".
091 ==> 218819 - Implement albums tree-view colapse/expand history.
092 ==> 377292 - Improve GPS Correlator UI
093 ==> 377240 - Deleting an image (DEL key) within LightTable resets zoom factor for following image.
094 ==> 377206 - Sort templates and camera filter ins configuration
095 ==> 376933 - Geolocation icon missing.
096 ==> 376952 - AppImage Video playback issues - no sound.
097 ==> 375651 - Update 5.4.0 on Windows : no sound with all my videos.
