digiKam full changelog

NEW FEATURES:
Bundles component versions:
Updated compared to previous digiKam release.
General: Coode ported to last Qt 6.10.0.
General: English string review with codespell static analyzer.
Windows: Support for long file paths in Windows 10/11 when enabled.
RawEngine: Update internal Libraw to last 20250727 upstream.
Video: Update internal QtAVPlayer to last 20250913 upstream (Qt5 only).
Plugins: G'MIC-Qt updated to last v3.6.0.
TagsManager: Add options to import or export tag-hierarchies to text files.
Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalogue format is supported (https://www.controlledvocabulary.com/products/index.html).
Preview: Add support to the FujiFilm camera focus points.
Preview: Add support to the Olympus/OM Systems camera focus points.
ColorManagement: Use monitor color profile set under Windows, macOS, and Wayland.
ProgressManager: Use native desktop notifier under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Editor: New enhance tool to blur progressively the background of a subject from a photo.
Documentation: Add Brazilian translations.
BUG FIXES:
001 --> 506429 - digiKam 8.6 DLNA server freezes after "upnp devices created: 0" (regression from 8.5).
002 --> 506457 - The help window blocks digiKam at downloading AI models stage.
003 --> 506577 - digiKam crashes after startup if database server is mysql 8.
004 --> 506671 - Split single digikam database into core/thumb/faces/similarity dbs.
005 --> 506712 - Two small note about the "New Advanced Search" menu.
006 --> 506861 - digiKam crashes when trying to start scanning, if no album is selected.
007 --> 507071 - Build failed with : error: ‘QString::QString(const char*)’.
008 --> 507092 - Small fault in the Tooltip text.
009 --> 507064 - Crash at start due to enabled video hardware acceleration.
010 --> 479792 - In "digiKam Properties" sidebar, double quotes in caption are displayed

Some of the new features in this release of digiKam include (compared to digiKam 6.x):
More than 400 user-reports closed on bugzilla.
Port code to Qt6 framework (code still compatible with Qt5 API).
Add JPEG-XL, WEBP, and AVIF export settings everywhere.
Add convert to lossless JPEG-XL, WEBP, and AVIF while importing from camera.
Add JPEG-XL; WEBP, and AVIF converters in Batch Queue Manager.
Versionning: add support of JPEG-XL, HEIF, WEBP, and AVIF as lossless image format to store versionned images in editor.
Usability: add hamburger menu to tool-bar if main menu is hidden.
Metadata: add new option to write metadata to files with ExifTool backend.
Metadata: optional write metadata operations to DNG and RAW files are now always delegated to ExifTool Backend.
Metadata: optimize layout of Metadata Edit plugin for a better usability.
Metadata: add new options to save and load configuration profiles in Avanced Metadata Settings Pannel.
Advanced Rename: add increment file counter to sequence numbering from with option [c] or [c,step].
Advanced Rename: add random text sequence numbering with option [r].
Advanced Rename: add configurable first character for the unique modifier with {unique:n,c}.
Advanced Search: add search for items by number of face regions.
Advanced Search: add search for items without face regions.
Collections: add support for cross-platform network paths.
Database: add support for SQLite WAL (Write-Ahead-Logging) mode.
Add spell-checking support in caption text widget using KF5::Sonnet component.
Add Spellcheck config panel in Settings/Miscellaneous for digiKam and Showfoto.
Add online translations support to Alternative Language text editor widget.
Add Localize config panel in Settings/Miscellaneous for digiKam and Showfoto.
Add settings to list preferred alternative/translated languages in text edit widget.
Allow to use Global or Customized Image Quality Sorting settings everywhere.
Add Icon-View settings to customize Labels visibility over thumbnail

Some of the new features in this release of digiKam include (compared to digiKam 6.x):
More than 400 user-reports closed on bugzilla.
Port code to Qt6 framework (code still compatible with Qt5 API).
Add JPEG-XL, WEBP, and AVIF export settings everywhere.
Add convert to lossless JPEG-XL, WEBP, and AVIF while importing from camera.
Add JPEG-XL; WEBP, and AVIF converters in Batch Queue Manager.
Versionning: add support of JPEG-XL, HEIF, WEBP, and AVIF as lossless image format to store versionned images in editor.
Usability: add hamburger menu to tool-bar if main menu is hidden.
Metadata: add new option to write metadata to files with ExifTool backend.
Metadata: optional write metadata operations to DNG and RAW files are now always delegated to ExifTool Backend.
Metadata: optimize layout of Metadata Edit plugin for a better usability.
Metadata: add new options to save and load configuration profiles in Avanced Metadata Settings Pannel.
Advanced Rename: add increment file counter to sequence numbering from with option [c] or [c,step].
Advanced Rename: add random text sequence numbering with option [r].
Advanced Rename: add configurable first character for the unique modifier with {unique:n,c}.
Advanced Search: add search for items by number of face regions.
Advanced Search: add search for items without face regions.
Collections: add support for cross-platform network paths.
Database: add support for SQLite WAL (Write-Ahead-Logging) mode.
Add spell-checking support in caption text widget using KF5::Sonnet component.
Add Spellcheck config panel in Settings/Miscellaneous for digiKam and Showfoto.
Add online translations support to Alternative Language text editor widget.
Add Localize config panel in Settings/Miscellaneous for digiKam and Showfoto.
Add settings to list preferred alternative/translated languages in text edit widget.
Allow to use Global or Customized Image Quality Sorting settings everywhere.
Add Icon-View settings to customize Labels visibility over thumbnail

NEW FEATURES:
Libraw : Update to snapshot 2023-11-21.
Bundles: MacOS PKG is now based on Qt framework 5.15.11 and KDE frameworks 5.110.
Bundles: Linux AppImage is now based on Qt framework 5.15.11 and KDE frameworks 5.110.
Bundles: Windows installer is now based on Qt framework 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.

NEW FEATURES:
Print Creator: Add 4 new templates for 6.8 inchs photo paper.
General: Improve usability of Image Properties sidebar tab.
Libraw : Update to snapshot 2023-05-14
Bundles: Update Exiv2 to last 0.28 release: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/2406#issuecomment-1529139799
Bundles: Update KF5 framework to last 5.106
Bundles: Includes Breeze widgets style in MacOS package to render properly GUI contents.
Tags: Add possibility to remove all face tags from selected items.
Tags: Add possibility to remove all tags from selected items except face tags.