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diff --git a/rapid/ChangeLog b/rapid/ChangeLog index 292d4b8..944119d 100644 --- a/rapid/ChangeLog +++ b/rapid/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,66 @@ +Version 0.4.0 RC 1 +------------------ + +2011-04-21 + +Features added since beta 1: + +Backups have been implemented. If you are backing up to more than one device, +Rapid Photo Downloader will backup to each device simultaneously instead of one +after the other. + +When clicking the Download button before thumbnails are finished generating, +the download proceeds immediately and the thumbnails remaining to be generated +will rendered during the download itself. + +Added preferences option to disable thumbnail generation. When auto start is +enabled, this can speed-up transfers when downloading from high-speed devices. + +Access to the preferences window is now disable while a download is occurring, +as changing preferences when files are being download can cause prolems. + +Bug fix: don't crash when downloading some files after having previously +downloaded some others in the same session. + +Updated Brazilian, Dutch, German and Russian translations. + + +Version 0.4.0 beta 1 +-------------------- + +2011-04-10 + +Features added since alpha 4: + +* Job Code functionality, mimicking that found in version 0.2.3. +* Eject device button for each unmountable device in main window. +* When not all files have been downloaded from a device, the number remaining + is displayed in the device's progress bar +* Overall download progress is displayed in progress bar at bottom of window +* Time remaining and download speed are displayed in the status bar +* System notification messages +* Automation features: + * Automatically start a download at program startup or when a device + is inserted. When this is enabled, to optimize performance instead of + thumbnails being generated before the files are downloaded, they are + generated during the download. + * Eject a device when all files have been downloaded from it. + * Exit when all files have been downloaded. + +The automation feature to delete downloaded files from a device will be added +only when the non-alpha/beta of version 0.4.0 is released. + +The major feature currently not implemented is backups. + +Note: if videos are downloaded, the device may not be able to be unmounted +until Rapid Photo Downloader is exited. See bug #744012 for details. + +Bug fix: adjust vertical pane position when additional devices are inserted +Bug fix: display file and subfolder naming warnings in error log + +Updated Czech, French and Russian translations. + + Version 0.3.6 ------------- @@ -10,12 +73,102 @@ It also contains a minor packaging change so it can be installed in Ubuntu 11.04. +Version 0.4.0 alpha 4 +--------------------- + +2011-04-04 + +Fixed bug #750808: errorlog.ui not included in setup.py. + + +Version 0.4.0 alpha 3 +--------------------- + +2011-04-04 + +Features added since alpha 2: + +* Error log window to display download warnings and errors. +* Synchronize RAW + JPEG Sequence values. + +Fixed bug #739021: unable to set subfolder and file rename preferences on +alpha and beta Linux distributions such as Ubuntu 11.04 or Fedora 15. + +Updated Brazilian, Dutch, French, German and Spanish translations. + +Version 0.4.0 alpha 2 +--------------------- + +2011-03-31 + +Features added since alpha 1: + +* Sample file names and subfolders are now displayed in the preferences dialog + window. +* The option to add a unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same + name already exists + +Other changes: + +* Updated INSTALL file to match new package requirements. + +* Added program icon to main window. + +* Bug fix: leave file preview mode when download devices are changed in the + preferences. + +* Bug fix: don't crash on startup when trying to display free space and photo or + video download folders do not exist. + + +Version 0.4.0 alpha 1 +--------------------- + +2011-03-24 + +Rapid Photo Downloader is much faster and sports a new user interface. It is +about 50 times faster in tasks like scanning photos and videos before the +download. It also performs the actual downloads quicker. It will use +multiple CPU cores if they are available. + +Rapid Photo Downloader now requires version 0.3.0 or newer of pyexiv2. It also +requries Python Imaging (PIL) to run. It will only run on recent Linux +distributions such as Ubuntu 10.04 or newer. It has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, +10.10 and 11.04, as well as Fedora 14. (There is currently an unusual bug +adjusting some preferences when running Ubuntu 11.04. See bug #739021). + +This is an alpha release because it is missing features that are present in +version 0.3.5. Missing features include: + +* System Notifications of download completion +* Job Codes +* Backups as you download +* Automation features, e.g. automatically start download at startup +* Error log window (currently you must check the command line for error output) +* Time remaining status messages +* Synchronize RAW + JPEG Sequence Numbers +* Add unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same name already + exists +* Sample file names and subfolders are not displayed in the preferences window + +These missing features will be added in subsequent alpha and beta releases. + +Kaa-metadata is no longer required to download videos. However, if you +want to use Frames Per Second or Codec metadata information in subfolder or +video file names, you must ensure it is installed. This is no longer checked at +program startup. + +Thanks go to Robert Park for refreshing the translations code. + +Added Romanian translation. + + Version 0.3.5 ------------- 2011-03-23 -The primary purpose of this release is update translations and fix bug #714039, +The primrary purpose of this release is update translations and fix bug #714039, where under certain circumstances the program could crash while downloading files. |