 digiKam 7.0.0-beta1 - Release date: 2019-12-22

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NEW FEATURES:

FaceManagement: New Neural Network engine based on OpenCV to detect and recognize faces.
SlideShow     ; Add new shuffle mode.
HTMLGallery   : Add new theme "Html5Responsive".
General       : Update internal libraw engine to last 201910 snapshot aka next 0.20.0 release (https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-snapshot-201910)

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BUGFIXES:

001 ==> 384401 - Various recognition algorithm improvements for face detection.
002 ==> 413701 - DigiKam 6.3.0 does not build against current plasma.
003 ==> 413748 - Broken theme on Windows 10 after Digikam update.
004 ==> 413738 - Video Preview changes VLC volume.
005 ==> 382311 - Photos in collapsed groups are incorrectly excluded if first photo in group does not match filter.
006 ==> 396337 - In tag filter view (or any other filitered view), grouped photos should not always have "group" thumbnail
007 ==> 413704 - Filters do not work on hidden grouped images.
007 ==> 413233 - Application crashes when click in Albums left panel.
008 ==> 413759 - Tarball is missing translations.
009 ==> 413879 - Buttons without theme colors.
010 ==> 392015 - Show "Unknown" faces in a more visible and preeminent place in the "People" list.
011 ==> 413837 - Reverse geolocation deletes previous tags from the picture.
012 ==> 376629 - Face tagging dropdown: "Add in persons" adds person not label.
013 ==> 413923 - The peoples list shows just one line of height (one name) when expanded for the first time.
014 ==> 413924 - The face rectangle behavior when show face tags is OFF.
015 ==> 341111 - MYSQL : deleting an image involves "too many" queries.
016 ==> 413938 - Metadata is not written to all pictures in a tag hierarchy.
017 ==> 413916 - Compile Error with lqr on neon.
018 ==> 413972 - align_image_stack and enfuse use only 1 CPU core if called by digiKam plugin, 4 CPU core on command line.
019 ==> 413981 - Refresh has no effect in Preview mode.
020 ==> 413985 - Can't move an album too far down - no treeview scrolling.
021 ==> 412678 - Renaming folder leads to an error.
022 ==> 303239 - GROUP : grouped images are found, but do not show in searches.
023 ==> 321339 - GROUP : suppress display of albums containing only grouped images.
024 ==> 289911 - 23HQ should be split from flickr uploader as a new export tool.
025 ==> 414112 - Rounding problems in Resize Image function.
026 ==> 414052 - Packaging error of digikam-6.4.0.tar.xz, archive file contains a huge number of unnecessary files.
027 ==> 404667 - Bug of proofing for illuminant A and color cast.
028 ==> 414247 - digikam: error while loading shared libraries: libcudart.so.8.0.
029 ==> 392758 - Slideshow with random pictures [patch].
030 ==> 414300 - Buttons on either side completely unresponsive.
031 ==> 414320 - Performance regression when scanning directories with many sub-directories.
032 ==> 414284 - Improve Setup/Slideshow View Options Layout.
033 ==> 414420 - Date/time in sidecar files for Videos seems to be ignored by digikam.
034 ==> 414340 - RawTherapee plugin.
035 ==> 414473 - Importing problem with M2Ts video files.
036 ==> 414521 - File management is broken.
037 ==> 205406 - Add Javascript to scaling images in html gallery [patch].
038 ==> 334680 - Allow to limit exported files by type-mime in html gallery.
039 ==> 092462 - Add a new option to limit amount of thumbnails per index page.
040 ==> 136389 - Add new option to show image date and time in html gallery.
041 ==> 305167 - Add back filenames in html gallery.
042 ==> 114216 - Add a new option to export and merge more than one album in html gallery.
043 ==> 414516 - digikam crash when double-clicking on Google Maps when editing geolocation.
044 ==> 414603 - Pictures sort by freehand - drag & drop.
045 ==> 414630 - Shortcut bug in caption (tag).
046 ==> 414484 - Cannot use Rawtherapee or Darktable for raw image import on Windows.
047 ==> 166577 - List of available cameras in search.
048 ==> 414637 - New option for search.
049 ==> 414401 - RawTherapee does not work as Raw Import Tool if both are AppImages.
050 ==> 412067 - I get a error message: "Error while opening the database".
051 ==> 414902 - After using the "healing clone" tool only preview is available from other tools.
052 ==> 402894 - Display of original image.
053 ==> 380345 - Batch converting RAW to JPEG saves as new version.
054 ==> 383716 - "Save Changes" button same as "Save As New Version" Button.
055 ==> 307374 - Wrong image count in album view with versioning.
056 ==> 412961 - All image versions remain visible.
057 ==> 399923 - Segmentation fault during face detection.
058 ==> 392651 - Digikam crashes when Face scanning reaches 29%.
059 ==> 397919 - Segmentation fault during maintenance.
060 ==> 365354 - MYSQL : Application crash on scanning for faces in large picture set.
061 ==> 391014 - Crashes on close.
062 ==> 387821 - Face Recognition and Finding crashs after reaching 50%.
063 ==> 414749 - Export google photos: error transmission date creation.
064 ==> 377127 - Wrong item count on years in Dates View.
065 ==> 350350 - Moving images notifies me moving finished when it did not finish yet.
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