From 083849161f075878e4175cd03cb7afa83d64e7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Frings-F=C3=BCrst?= Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 22:55:08 +0200 Subject: New upstream version 0.9.0 --- CHANGES.rst | 1904 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 1904 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CHANGES.rst (limited to 'CHANGES.rst') diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..404bc5b --- /dev/null +++ b/CHANGES.rst @@ -0,0 +1,1904 @@ +Changelog for Rapid Photo Downloader +==================================== + +0.9.0 (2017-07-03) +------------------ + + - Include additional programs in detailed version output. + + - Updated Turkish translation. + +0.9.0b7 (2017-06-21) +-------------------- + + - Don't attempt to download photos or videos of zero bytes length. + + - Updated Czech, French, Norwegian Bokmal, Japanese, Polish, Serbian, and + Spanish translations. + +0.9.0b6 (2017-06-13) +-------------------- + + - Don't allow entry of illegal filename characters in Job Codes, such as + / (forward slash). + + - Handle cameras that are mounted using libgphoto2's legacy connection method + usbscsi. + + - Added warning message when ExifTool is not working. + + - Added GalliumOS to the list of Linux distros supported by the install.py. + + - Fixed bug where "Select a source folder" was displayed after rescanning + a folder on This Computer. + + - Removed DistUtilsExtra from the list of dependencies by copying its + core functionality into the setup.py file. This should make creating + a Snap / AppImage / Flatpak easier. + + - Updated Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, + Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Norwegian Bokmal, Serbian, + Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian translations. + +0.9.0b5 (2017-05-10) +-------------------- + + - Added a Tip of the Day dialog. + + - Fixed bug where rendering destination storage space would crash when the + destination device's storage space is reported as zero bytes in size. + + - Fixed bug where install.py could get into an infinitely recurring state + when the Linux distribution is is Linux Mint, but /etc/os-release wrongly + identifies it as Ubuntu. + +0.9.0b4 (2017-05-04) +-------------------- + + - Added Help buttons to Program Preferences and File Renaming and Download + Subfolder Generator editors that open the online documentation. + + - Added command line option to dump to the terminal basic information about + attached cameras, which is useful for diagnosing potential problems with + libgphoto2 and python-gphoto2. + + - Added dialog to inform user if the scan process had an unexpected fatal + problem. + + - Added link to Changelog in dialog window notifying a new release is + available. + + - Fixed bug on systems using Python 3.4 (such as openSUSE Leap 42.2) when + creating a temporary directory during program upgrade. + + - Fixed bug where exception would occur when auto exit after download was + activated. + + - Re-scan download sources after relevant program preference changes. + +0.9.0b3 (2017-04-15) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug where a warning dialog window could be wrongly issued about a + backup destination not being writable even though it though it is. + + - Fixed bug where tracking of bytes downloaded could occasionally fail when + file copy errors were encountered. + + - Improved logging of file copy problems. + + - Fixed some translation bugs. Thanks to Jose Luis Tirado for pointing them + out. + + - Updated Spanish and Czech translations, by Jose Luis Tirado and Pavel + Borecki. + +0.9.0b2 (2017-04-04) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug where installer would crash on Ubuntu when the Universe + repository was not enabled. + + - Fixed bug to allow the error report window to run on versions of PyQt5 + older than 5.6. + + - Implemented workarounds for several bugs in openSUSE GExiv2 introspection. + + - Fixed bug when comparing Enums on Python 3.4. + + - Fixed bug when reporting a file renaming problem in the error reporting + window. + + - When running on the Unity 7 desktop, show count and download progress + regardless of whether the .desktop file has hyphens or underscores. + +0.9.0b1 (2017-04-01) +-------------------- + + - Improved install.py script, adding openSUSE and the Fedora derivative + Korora to list of supported distros. Moreover, the script now installs + all program requirements without having to be manually restarted. + + - Implemented error report window. Error reports are now grouped by task: + scanning a device, copying from a device, finalizing download subfolder and + filenames, and backing up. Furthermore, reports now contain hyperlinks to + the files on the filesystem and/or cameras, allowing easy access to them + using a file manager. + + - A message dialog window is now displayed if back ups will not occur or if + the download destinations have a problem. + + - Added 'Program Warnings' section to the preferences dialog window. + + - Optimized icon sizes in dialog windows. + + - Check for new version using secure connection. + + - Added an option to issue a warning if a file type unknown to the program is + found on a download device. + + - Added an option to program preferences dialog to ignore DNG date/time + metadata when downloading from MTP devices (like cellphones and tablets). + When it is ignored, the DNG file's modification time is used instead. Many + (if not all) Android 6 and 7 devices create bogus DNG metadata values. + Since the first alpha release, by default the program ignores the DNG + date/time metadata when downloading from MTP devices. + + - Changed the count that appears above the program's icon when running on the + Unity desktop to show how many files are checked for download, instead of + how many new files are available for download. + + - Fixed a bug where device scan would indicate a device was empty when the + preference value 'Ignored Paths on Devices' contained no paths to ignore. + + - Fixed a bug where opening a file on an MTP device in a file browser would + sometimes fail when the storage name component of the path was incorrectly + identified. + + - Fixed bug where the case of the extension for XMP files, THM files and WAV + files was not matching file renaming preferences. + +0.9.0a11 (2017-03-08) +--------------------- + + - Added dialog to configure program preferences. + + - Added progress bar to splash screen. + + - Fixed bug where URIs with spaces were not opening in the system file + browser. + + - Minimized width required by Job Code and Backup, and Rename configuration + panels. + + - Fixed detection of Unity desktop environment when desktop environment + variable is set to 'Unity:Unity7' + + - Disabled the use of the scrollwheel to insert preference values in the file + and subfolder name editors. + +0.9.0a10 (2017-03-02) +--------------------- + + - Implement the user interface to enter Job Codes. Job Codes are now easier + to assign compared to previous versions of Rapid Photo Downloader. You can + assign Job Codes to sets of photos and/or videos before starting the + download. That way you can efficiently apply a variety of Job Codes to + different sets of photos and videos in the same download. Job codes are + shown in the upper portion of each thumbnail. + + - Added Run button to upgrade dialog window that is shown when the program + was successfully upgraded. + + - Fixed bug where a crash would occur after using the "Clear Completed + Downloads" menu option. + + - Fixed bug where selecting a different part of the timeline did not + always update which thumbnails should be selected. (The values in the Photo + and Video "Select All" check boxes at the bottom right of the main window + determine if a thumbnail should be selected or not). + + - Fixed bug in file renaming and subfolder name editors when running + under PyQt 5.8 / Qt 5.8. + + - In systems where ExifTool is not installed, inform user via + error message at startup, and abort. + + - In systems where libmediainfo is not installed, a warning message is + displayed after program startup. + + - Added preliminary Greek translation, thanks to Dimitris Xenakis. + +0.9.0a9 (2017-02-21) +-------------------- + + - Fix bug #1665879: Work-around an unexpected signal/slot problem with Qt on + Fedora 25. + +0.9.0a8 (2017-02-16) +-------------------- + + - Display projected backup storage use in the Backup configuration panel, for + each backup device (partition). If backing up to the same device as the + download, the space taken by both the download and the backup is displayed. + For example, supposing you are downloading 100 photos that use 2,000 MB of + storage space to /home/user/Pictures, and you are backing them up to + another folder in the same partition, the projected backup storage use for + that partition will display 100 photos totalling 4,000 MB, because the + partition will contain two copies of each photo. Likewise, the projected + storage use in the download destinations is similarly adjusted. + + - Renamed 'Storage Space' in Destination configuration panel to 'Projected + Storage Use', thereby more accurately describing what it displays. + + - Disallow download if there is insufficient space on any of the backup + devices, like is already done for the download destinations. + + - Added right-click context menu to file system tree views with the option + to open the file browser at the path that was right-clicked on. + + - Fixed a bug in the subfolder and file renaming editors to the stop the + message area being scrolled out of view. + + - Fixed a bug where backup worker processes were never stopped until program + exit. + + - Fixed a bug where pausing and resuming a download was not updated to match + changes to threading made in version 0.9.0a7. + + - Updated install script to allow for quirks in LinuxMint and KDE Neon. + + - Updated Spanish, French and Italian translations. + + +0.9.0a7 (2017-01-31) +-------------------- + + - Added backup configuration to the user interface. A future alpha release + will show the backup destinations like they are shown in the Destinations + tab. + + - A check for a new version is run at program startup. If the program was + installed using python's packaging system pip, and the latest version can + be upgraded without new system dependencies, the program offers to download + the new version and install it with minimal user intervention. + + - The graphical user interface is considerably more responsive when the + program is under heavy load because of changes made in the ways helper + threads are handled by the main window. Long-term program stability will + also be improved, although in the short-term some bugs may have snuck in + due to the threading changes. + + - Prompt for Job Code when file and folder naming preferences are changed to + include it. Thanks to Monty Taylor for the fix. + + - Fixed bug #1656932: in certain circumstances the scan process could crash + when trying to determine device time zones when examining sample photos and + videos. + + - Fixed a bug too small of a portion of a .mov or .avi file from a camera or + phone was being extracted in order to read video metadata. + + - Fixed a bug where thumbnails were not being rendered in the main window + when the thumbnail was originally sourced from the Freedesktop.org + thumbnail cache. + + - Disallow the running of the program as the root user. + + - Updated program installer to stop installation on Fedora 23 and Debian + Jessie. + + - Corrected error in Spanish translation that caused crash when download + started. + + - Refined detection of directory in which media are mounted (/media or + /run/media). + +0.9.0a6 (2016-12-10) +-------------------- + + - Modified installation script to fix installation problems on Fedora 25 and + LinuxMint 18. In all other respects the release is identical to version + 0.9.0a5. + +0.9.0a5 (2016-11-14) +-------------------- + + - Implemented photo and video file renaming preference configuration. Job code + configuration will be implemented in a future alpha release. + + - Fixed crash when running on PyQt 5.7. + + - Added option to uninstall previous version of the program if running the + install script on Debian/Ubuntu or Fedora like Linux distributions. + + - Added .m2ts video extension to supported video files. + + - Added tooltip to clarify meaning of storage space usage. + + - Added g++ to list of installation dependencies when installing on Debian + derived distributions. + + - Only enable right-click menu option 'Open in File Browser...' when default + file manager is known. + + - Handle use case where the path from which to download is passed on the + command line without a command line switch, such as when Gnome launches the + program in response to a device like a memory card containing photos being + inserted. + + - Fixed bug where volumes where not correctly added to device white and + blacklists. + + - Fixed bug where download conflict resolution preference value was being + incorrectly set when importing preferences from version 0.4.11 or earlier. + + - Fixed bug where generating thumbnails for backed up files caused the backup + process to crash. + + - Fixed crash where the library libmediainfo is not installed but the python + package pymediainfo is. + + - Fixed generation of error message when there is an error copying file to a + backup destination. + + - Fixed crash at startup bug when the Pictures or Videos XDG special directory + was not set. + + - Fixed bug when selecting custom subfolder name generation preset from menu. + + - Fixed bug where ExifTool daemon processes were not always being terminated. + + - Added minimum size in bytes to read a variety of RAW and video metadata tags + to analyze-pv-structure analysis. + + - Fixed bug where QFileSystemWatcher.removePaths() could be called with an + empty directory list. + + - Fixed crash when cleaning generated video subfolder previews at program exit. + + - Updated Spanish translation, courtesy of Jose Luis Tirado. Also updated + Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Polish and Serbian + translations. + +0.9.0a4 (2016-06-22) +-------------------- + + - Implemented photo and video subfolder generation preference configuration. + + - Fixed bug where translation of user interface into non-English languages was + not occurring. + + - Fixed bug where input/output exception not being handled when probing mounts. + + - Fixed bug where crashed on startup when no desktop environment variable was + set. + + - Fixed bug where crashed on startup when attempting to import the broken + Python package EasyGui 0.98. + +0.9.0a3 (2016-05-27) +-------------------- + + - Selecting items in the Timeline or showing only new files can result in + situations where there are files that have been checked for download that are + not currently being displayed. In such a situation, when a download is + started, a dialog will be displayed to warn that *all* checked files will be + downloaded, not merely those currently displayed. + + - Changed heading of destination storage space to show projected bytes free + instead of percent used. + + - Fixed bug where thumbnails might not be displayed for files that had + already been downloaded during a previous progarm invocation. + + - If the environment variable RPD_SCAN_DEBUG is set to any value, the + program's scan operation will output voluminous debug information to stdout. + + - Added support for PyQt 5.6, namely its stricter rules regarding signal type + matching. + + - Fixed bug when reporting inability to extract metadata from scan when not + downloading from a camera + +0.9.0a2 (2016-05-16) +-------------------- + + - Added command line option to import preferences from from an old program + version (0.4.11 or earlier). + + - Implemented auto unmount using GIO (which is used on most Linux desktops) and + UDisks2 (all those desktops that don't use GIO, e.g. KDE). + + - Fixed bug while logging processes being forcefully terminated. + + - Fixed bug where stored sequence number was not being correctly used when + renaming files. + + - Fixed bug where download would crash on Python 3.4 systems due to use of + Python 3.5 only math.inf + +0.9.0a1 (2016-05-14) +-------------------- + + - New features compared to the previous release, version 0.4.11: + + - Every aspect of the user interface has been revised and modernized. + + - Files can be downloaded from all cameras supported by gPhoto2, + including smartphones. Unfortunately the previous version could download + from only some cameras. + + - Files that have already been downloaded are remembered. You can still + select previously downloaded files to download again, but they are + unchecked by default, and their thumbnails are dimmed so you can + differentiate them from files that are yet to be downloaded. + + - The thumbnails for previously downloaded files can be hidden. + + - Unique to Rapid Photo Downloader is its Timeline, which groups photos and + videos based on how much time elapsed between consecutive shots. Use it + to identify photos and videos taken at different periods in a single day + or over consecutive days. A slider adjusts the time elapsed between + consecutive shots that is used to build the Timeline. Time periods can be + selected to filter which thumbnails are displayed. + + - Thumbnails are bigger, and different file types are easier to + distinguish. + + - Thumbnails can be sorted using a variety of criteria, including by device + and file type. + + - Destination folders are previewed before a download starts, showing which + subfolders photos and videos will be downloaded to. Newly created folders + have their names italicized. + + - The storage space used by photos, videos, and other files on the devices + being downloaded from is displayed for each device. The projected storage + space on the computer to be used by photos and videos about to be + downloaded is also displayed. + + - Downloading is disabled when the projected storage space required is more + than the capacity of the download destination. + + - When downloading from more than one device, thumbnails for a particular + device are briefly highlighted when the mouse is moved over the device. + + - The order in which thumbnails are generated prioritizes representative + samples, based on time, which is useful for those who download very large + numbers of files at a time. + + - Thumbnails are generated asynchronously and in parallel, using a load + balancer to assign work to processes utilizing up to 4 CPU cores. + Thumbnail generation is faster than the 0.4 series of program + releases, especially when reading from fast memory cards or SSDs. + (Unfortunately generating thumbnails for a smartphone's photos is painfully + slow. Unlike photos produced by cameras, smartphone photos do not contain + embedded preview images, which means the entire photo must be downloaded + and cached for its thumbnail to be generated. Although Rapid Photo + Downloader does this for you, nothing can be done to speed it up). + + - Thumbnails generated when a device is scanned are cached, making thumbnail + generation quicker on subsequent scans. + + - Libraw is used to render RAW images from which a preview cannot be + extracted, which is the case with Android DNG files, for instance. + + - Freedesktop.org thumbnails for RAW and TIFF photos are generated once they + have been downloaded, which means they will have thumbnails in programs + like Gnome Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar, PCManFM and Dolphin. If the path + files are being downloaded to contains symbolic links, a thumbnail will be + created for the path with and without the links. While generating these + thumbnails does slow the download process a little, it's a worthwhile + tradeoff because Linux desktops typically do not generate thumbnails for + RAW images, and thumbnails only for small TIFFs. + + - The program can now handle hundreds of thousands of files at a time. + + - Tooltips display information about the file including name, modification + time, shot taken time, and file size. + + - Right click on thumbnails to open the file in a file browser or copy the + path. + + - When downloading from a camera with dual memory cards, an emblem beneath + the thumbnail indicates which memory cards the photo or video is on + + - Audio files that accompany photos on professional cameras like the Canon + EOS-1D series of cameras are now also downloaded. XMP files associated with + a photo or video on any device are also downloaded. + + - Comprehensive log files are generated that allow easier diagnosis of + program problems in bug reports. Messages optionally logged to a + terminal window are displayed in color. + + - When running under Ubuntu's Unity desktop, a progress bar and count of + files available for download is displayed on the program's launcher. + + - Status bar messages have been significantly revamped. + + - Determining a video's correct creation date and time has been improved, + using a combination of the tools MediaInfo and ExifTool. Getting the right + date and time is trickier than it might appear. Depending on the video file + and the camera that produced it, neither MediaInfo nor ExifTool always give + the correct result. Moreover some cameras always use the UTC time zone when + recording the creation date and time in the video's metadata, whereas other + cameras use the time zone the video was created in, while others ignore + time zones altogether. + + - The time remaining until a download is complete (which is shown in the + status bar) is more stable and more accurate. The algorithm is modelled on + that used by Mozilla Firefox. + + - The installer has been totally rewritten to take advantage of Python's + tool pip, which installs Python packages. Rapid Photo Downloader can now + be easily installed and uninstalled. On Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora-like + Linux distributions, the installation of all dependencies is automated. + On other Linux distrubtions, dependency installation is partially + automated. + + - When choosing a Job Code, whether to remember the choice or not can be + specified. + + - Removed feature: + + - Rotate Jpeg images - to apply lossless rotation, this feature requires the + program jpegtran. Some users reported jpegtran corrupted their jpegs' + metadata -- which is bad under any circumstances, but terrible when applied + to the only copy of a file. To preserve file integrity under all + circumstances, unfortunately the rotate jpeg option must therefore be + removed. + + - Under the hood, the code now uses: + + - PyQt 5.4 + + + - gPhoto2 to download from cameras + + - Python 3.4 + + + - ZeroMQ for interprocess communication + + - GExiv2 for photo metadata + + - Exiftool for video metadata + + - Gstreamer for video thumbnail generation + + - Please note if you use a system monitor that displays network activity, + don't be alarmed if it shows increased local network activity while the + program is running. The program uses ZeroMQ over TCP/IP for its + interprocess messaging. Rapid Photo Downloader's network traffic is + strictly between its own processes, all running solely on your computer. + + - Missing features, which will be implemented in future releases: + + - Components of the user interface that are used to configure file + renaming, download subfolder generation, backups, and miscellaneous + other program preferences. While they can be configured by manually + editing the program's configuration file, that's far from easy and is + error prone. Meanwhile, some options can be configured using the command + line. + + - There are no full size photo and video previews. + + - There is no error log window. + + - Some main menu items do nothing. + + - Files can only be copied, not moved. + +0.4.11 (2015-10-22) +------------------- + + - Updated Brazilian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, German, Japanese, Norwegian, + Polish, Portuguese and Swedish translations. + + - Fixed crash on systems using the library Pillow 3.0. + + - Updated AppData file. + +0.4.10 (2014-02-23) +------------------- + + - Updated Catalan and Portuguese translations. + + - Fixed bug in translations for term "Back up". + +0.4.9 (2014-01-21) +------------------ + + - Updated Catalan and Spanish translations. + + - Fixed occasional incorrect use of term "backup". + +0.4.9b3 (2014-01-20) +-------------------- + + - Fixed packaging bug. + +0.4.9b2 (2014-01-20) +-------------------- + + - Added file verification of downloaded and backed up files. + + - Updated Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish + translations. Added Catalan translation. + +0.4.9b1 (2014-01-16) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bugs #1025908 and #1186955: Finalize fix for severe performance + problems and crashes that arose from the combination of Gnome's GIO file + functionality and python's multiprocessing. The solution was to remove GIO + and replace it with regular python file processing. A nice side effect is + that the program now runs faster than ever before. + + - Fixed bug #1268291: Handle cases where filesystem metadata (e.g. file + permissions) could not be copied when writing to certain file systems such as + NTFS. The program will now consider a file is copied succesfully even if the + filesystem metadata could not be updated. + + - Fixed bug #1269032: When Sync RAW + JPEG sequence numbers is enabled, the + program fails to properly deal with photos with corrupt EXIF metadata. + + - Fixed bug #1269079: Download failure when folder exists for only one of photo + or video on auto detected back devices. + + - Updated Norwegian and Serbian translations. + +0.4.8 (2013-12-31) +------------------ + + - Fixed bug #1263237: Added support for MPO files (3D images). Thanks to Jan + Kaluza for reporting it. + + - Fixed bug #1263483: Some terms in the user interface are not being + translated. Thanks to Jose Luis Tirado for alerting me to the problem, which + has probably existed for some time. + + - Updated Dutch, French Italian, Polish and Spanish translations. + +0.4.7 (2013-10-19) +------------------ + + - Added feature to download audio files that are associated with photos such as + those created by the Canon 1D series of cameras. + + - Fixed bug #1242119: Choosing a new folder does not work in Ubuntu 13.10. In + Ubuntu 13.10, choosing a destination or source folder from its bookmark does + not work. The correct value is displayed in the file chooser button, but this + value is not used by Rapid Photo Downloader. + + - Fixed bug #1206853: Crashes when system message notifications not functioning + properly. + + - Fixed bug #909405: Allow selections by row (and not GTK default by square) + when user is dragging the mouse or using the keyboard to select. Thank you to + user 'Salukibob' for the patch. + + - Added a KDE Solid action. Solid is KDE4's hardware-related framework. It + detects when the user connects a new device and display a list of related + actions. Thanks to dju` for the patch. + + - Added Belarusian translation -- thanks go to Ilya Tsimokhin. Updated Swedish + and Ukrainian translations. + +0.4.6 (2013-01-22) +------------------ + + - Fixed bug #1083756: Application shows duplicate sources. + + - Fixed bug #1093330: Photo rename ignores SubSeconds when 00. + + - Added extra debugging output to help trace program execution progress. + + - Updated German and Spanish translations. + +0.4.6b1 (2012-11-26) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug #1023586: Added RAW file support for Nikon NRW files. Rapid Photo + Downloader uses the exiv2 program to read a photo's metadata. Although the + NRW format is not officially supported by exiv2, it appears to work. If you + have NRW files and Rapid Photo Downloader crashes while reading this files, + please file a bug report. + + - Preliminary and tentative fix for bug #1025908: Application freezes under + Ubuntu 12.10. This fix should not be considered final, and needs further + testing. + + - Added Arabic translation. Updated Czech, Danish, French, Italian, Norwegian, + Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish translations. + + - Fixed missing dependencies on python-dbus and exiv2 in Debian/control file. + + - Added extra debugging output to help trace program execution progress. + +0.4.5 (2012-06-24) +------------------ + + - Updated Dutch, Estonian, German, Italian, Norwegian and Polish translations. + + - Updated man page. + +0.4.5b1 (2012-06-17) +-------------------- + + - To increase performance, thumbnails are now no longer displayed until all + devices have finished being scanned. To indicate the scan is occurring, the + progress bar now pulses and it displays a running total of the number of + photos and videos found. If scanning a very large number of files from a fast + device, the progress bar may pause. If this happens, just wait for the scan + to complete. + + - Fixed bug #1014203: Very poor program performance after download device + changed. The program now displays the results of scanning files much quicker + if the program's download device preferences are changed and a scan begins of + a new device. + + - You can now specify via the command line whether you would like to + automatically detect devices from which to download, or manually specify the + path of the device. If specified, the option will overwrite the existing + program preferences. + + - Added extra information to debugging output. + + - Fixed bug #1014219: File Modify process crashes if program exits during + download. + +0.4.4 (2012-05-30) +------------------ + + - Fixed bug #998320: Applied patch from Dmitry Kazimirov for option to have + subfolder generation and file renaming use a month in text format. Thanks + Dmitry! + + - Fixed bug #986681: Crash when showing question dialog on some non-Gnome + systems. Thanks go to Liudas AliĊĦauskas for the suggested fix. + + - Fixed bug #995769: The Help button in the preferences dialog does not work. + + - Fixed bug #996613: Updated Free Software Foundation address. + + - Added Estonian translation. Updated Brazilian, Dutch, French, German, + Norwegian Bokmal, Polish, Spanish and Russian translations. + +0.4.3 (2012-01-07) +------------------ + + - ExifTool is now a required dependency for Rapid Photo Downloader. ExifTool + can be used to help download videos on Linux distributions that have not + packaged hachoir-metadata, such as Fedora. + + - Exiftran is another new dependency. It is used to automatically rotate + JPEG images. + + - Fixed bug #704482: Delete photos option should be easily accessible - + + - Added a toolbar at the top of the main program window, which gives immediate + access to the most commonly changed configuration options: where files will + be transferred from, whether they will be copied or moved, and where they + will be transferred to. + + - Please when the move option is chosen, all files in the download from a + device are first copied before any are deleted. In other words, only once all + source files have been successfully copied from a device to their destination + are the source files deleted from that device. + + - Fixed bug #754531: extract Exif.CanonFi.FileNumber metadata - + + - Added FileNumber metadata renaming option, which is a Canon-specific Exif + value in the form xxx-yyyy, where xxx is the folder number and yyyy is the + image number. Uses ExifTool. Thanks go to Etieene Charlier for researching + the fix and contributing code to get it implemented. + + - Fixed bug #695517: Added functionality to download MTS video files. There is + currently no python based library to read metadata from MTS files, but + ExifTool works. + + - Fixed bug #859998: Download THM video thumbnail files - + + - Some video files have THM video thumbnail files associated with them. Rapid + Photo Downloader now downloads them and renames them to match the name of the + video it is associated with. + + - Fixed bug #594533: Lossless JPEG rotation based on EXIF data after picture + transfer - + + - There is now an option to automatically rotate JPEG photos as they are + downloaded. The program exiftran is used to do the rotation. The feature is + turned on default. + + - Fixed bug #859012: Confirm if really want to download from /home, /media or / + + - It is possible for the program's preferences to be set to download from + /home, /media or / (the root of the file system). This can result in the + program scanning a very large number of files, possibly causing the system to + become unresponsive. The program now queries the user before commencing this + scan to confirm if this is really what they want to do. + + - Fixed bug #792228: clear all thumbnails when refresh command issued. + + - Fixed bug #890949: Panasonic MOD format and duplicate filename issue + + - Fixed a bug where the device progress bar would occasionally disappear when + the download device was changed. + + - Fixed a bug where the file extensions the program downloads could not be + displayed from the command line. + + - Fixed a bug where the program would crash when trying to convert a malformed + thumbnail from one image mode to another. + + - Updated Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, + Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish translations. + +0.4.2 (2011-10-01) +------------------ + + - Added feature in Preferences window to remove any paths that have previously + been marked to always be scanned or ignored. These paths can be specified + when automatic detection of Portable Storage Devices is enabled. + + - Fixed bug #768026: added option to ignore paths from which to download - + + - You can now specify paths never to scan for photos or videos. By default, any + path ending in .Trash or .thumbnails is ignored. Advanced users can specify + paths to never scan using python-style regular expressions. + + - Fixed bug #774488: added manual back up path for videos, in addition to + photos + + - You can now manually specify a path specifically in which to back up videos. + This can be the same as or different than the path in which to back up + photos. + + - Fixed bug #838722: wrong file types may be backed up to external devices + + - Fixed a bug when auto detection of backup devices is enabled, files of the + wrong type might be backed up. For instance, if the backup device is only + meant to store videos, and the download contains photos, photos would + incorrectly be backed up to the device in addition to videos. + + - Fixed bug #815727: Back up errors and warnings incorrectly displayed in log + window - + + - Fixed a bug that occurred when backing up errors are encountered, the log + window did not display them correctly, although they were correctly outputted + to the terminal window. This only occurred when more than one back up device + was being used during a download. + + - Fixed bug #859242: Crash when displaying a preview of file without an + extracted thumbnail. + + - Fixed bug #810559: Crash when generating thumbnail images + + - Fixed bug #789995: crash when --reset-settings option is given on the command + line. + + - Fixed bugs #795446 and #844714: small errors in translation template. + + - Fixed a bug in the Swedish translation. + + - Added Danish translation, by Torben Gundtofte-Bruun. Updated Brazilian, + Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, + Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish translations. + +0.4.1 (2011-05-19) +------------------ + + - Added exif Artist and Copyright metadata options to file and subfolder name + generation. + + - Fixed bug #774476: thumbnails occasionally not sorted by file modification + time. + + - Fixed bug #784399: job code not prompted for after preference change. + + - Fixed bug #778085: crash when trying to scan inaccessible files on mounted + camera. + + - Relaxed startup test to check whether pynotify is working. On some systems, + pynotify reports it is not working even though it is. + + - Added the start of an Indonesian translation. Updated Brazilian, Dutch, + French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian + translations. + +0.4.0 (2011-04-28) +------------------ + + - Features added since Release Candidate 1: + + * Allow multiple selection of files to check or uncheck for downloading. + * Automation feature to delete downloaded files from a device. + + - Bug fix: translation fixes. + + - Bug fix: don't crash when completing download with backups enabled and no + backup devices detected. + + - Updated Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Spanish + translations. + +0.4.0rc1 (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 disabled while a download is + occurring, as changing preferences when files are being download can cause + problems. + + - 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. + +0.4.0b1 (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. + +0.3.6 (2011-04-05) +------------------ + + - This release contains a minor fix to allow program preferences to be changed + on upcoming Linux distributions like Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15. + + - It also contains a minor packaging change so it can be installed in Ubuntu + 11.04. + +0.4.0a4 (2011-04-04) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug #750808: errorlog.ui not included in setup.py. + +0.4.0a3 (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. + +0.4.0a2 (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. + +0.4.0a1 (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 requires 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. + +0.3.5 (2011-03-23) +------------------ + + - The primary purpose of this release is update translations and fix bug + #714039, where under certain circumstances the program could crash while + downloading files. + + - This is intended to be the last release in the 0.3.x series. In the upcoming + version 0.4.0, Rapid Photo Downloader is much faster and sports a new user + interface. + + - Added Romanian translation. Updated Brazilian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, + Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish and Russian translations. + +0.3.4 (2010-12-31) +------------------ + + - You can now change the size of the preview image by zooming in and out using + a slider. The maximum size is double that of the previous fixed size, which + was 160px. On computers with small screens such as netbooks, the maximum + preview image size is the same as the previous fixed size. Please note that + Rapid Photo Downloader only extracts thumbnails of photos; for performance + reasons, it does not create them. This means for some file formats, the + thumbnails will contain jpeg artifacts when scaled up (this is particularly + true when using a version of pyexiv2 < 0.2.0). For users who require larger + preview images, this will be of little consequence. + + - When the "Strip compatible characters" feature is enabled in the Preferences + (which is the default), any white space (e.g. spaces) beginning or ending a + folder name will now be removed. + + - Bug fix: camera serial numbers are now stripped of any spaces preceding or + following the actual value. + + - Fixed bug #685335: inaccurate description of python packages required for + downloading videos. + + - Added Croatian translation. Updated French, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish and + Russian translations. + +0.3.3 (2010-10-24) +------------------ + + - Added support for mod, tod and 3gp video files. + + - Hachoir-metadata is now used to extract selected metadata from video files. + It has less bugs than kaa-metadata, and is better maintained. One benefit of + this change is that more video file types can have their metadata extracted. + Another is that the video creation date is now correctly read (the creation + time read by kaa metadata was sometimes wrong by a few hours). Kaa-metadata + is still used to extract some the codec, fourcc and frames per second (FPS) + metadata. + + - Fixed bug #640722: Added preliminary support for Samsung SRW files. Current + versions of Exiv2 and pyexiv2 can read some but not all metadata from this + new RAW format. If you try to use metadata that cannot be extracted, Rapid + Photo Downloader will issue a warning. + + - Fixed bug #550883: Generation of subfolders and filenames using the time a + download was started. + + - Fixed bugs related to missing video download directory at program startup. + + - Added command line option to output to the terminal information useful for + debugging. + + - Added Norwegian Bokmal and Portuguese translations. Updated Brazilian + Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Nynorsk, + Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian translations. + +0.3.2 (2010-09-12) +------------------ + + - Added Norwegian Nynorsk translation. Updated Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, + Dutch, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian + translations. + + - Fixed crash on startup when checking for free space, and the download folder + does not exist. + +0.3.1 (2010-08-13) +------------------ + + - The main window now works more effectively on tiny screens, such as those + found on netbooks. If the screen height is less than or equal to 650 pixels, + elements in the preview pane are removed, and the spacing is tightened. + + - The amount of free space available on the file-system where photos are to be + downloaded is now displayed in the status bar. (Note this is only the case on + moderately up-to-date Linux distributions that use GVFS, such as Ubuntu 8.10 + or higher). + + - Add Chinese (simplified) translation. A big thanks goes out to the Ubuntu + Chinese translation team. Partial translations of Bulgarian, Japanese, + Occitan (post 1500), Persian, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Turkish have been + added. In the past only translations that were largely finished were added, + but hopefully adding incomplete translations will speed up their completion. + Updated Finnish, French, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian and Spanish + translations. + +0.3.0 (2010-07-10) +------------------ + + - The major new feature of this release is the generation of previews before + a download takes place. You can now select which photos and videos you wish + to download. + + - You can now assign different Job Codes to photos and videos in the same + download. Simply select photos and videos, and from the main window choose a + Job Code for them. You can select a new Job Code,or enter a new one (press + Enter to apply it). + + - The errors and warnings reported have been completely overhauled, and are now + more concise. + + - Now that you can select photos and videos to download, the "Report an error" + option in case of filename conflicts has been removed. If you try to download + a photo or video that already exists, an error will be reported. If you + backup a photo or video that already exists in the backup location, a warning + will be reported (regardless of whether overwriting or skipping of backups + with conflicting filenames is chosen). + + - Likewise, the option of whether to report an error or warning in case of + missing backup devices has been removed. If you have chosen to backup your + photos and videos, and a backup device or location is not found, the files + will be downloaded with warnings. + + - For each device in the main window, the progress bar is now updated much more + smoothly than before. This is useful when downloading and backing up large + files such as videos. (Note this is only the case on moderately up-to-date + Linux distributions that use GVFS, such as Ubuntu 8.10 or higher). + + - The minimum version of python-gtk2 (pygtk) required to run the program is now + 2.12. This will affect only outdated Linux distributions. + +0.3.0b6 (2010-07-06) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug #598736: don't allow file to jump to the bottom when it has a Job + Code assigned to it. + + - Fixed bug #601993: don't prompt for a Job Code when downloading file of one + type (photo or video), and it's only a file of the other type that needs it. + + - Log error messages are now cleaned up where a file already exists and there + were problems generating the file / subfolder name. + + - Fixed crash on startup when using an old version of GIO. + + - Fix crash in updating the time remaining in when downloading from extremely + slow devices. + + - Set the default height to be 50 pixels taller. + + - Bug fix: don't download from device that has been inserted after program + starts unless device auto detection is enabled. + + - Updated German translation. + +0.3.0b5 (2010-07-04) +-------------------- + + - Added warning dialog if attempting to download directly from a camera. + + - Add backup errors details to error log window. + + - Fixed program notifications. + + - Fixed corner cases with problematic file and subfolder names. + + - Disabled Download All button if all files that have not been downloaded have + errors. + + - Enabled and disabled Download All button, depending on status, after + subfolder or filename preferences are modified after device has been scanned. + + - Don't stop a file being downloaded if a valid subfolder or filename can be + generated using a Job Code. + + - Bug fix: don't automatically exit if there were errors or warnings and a + download was occurring from more than one device. + + - Auto start now works correctly again. + + - Job Codes are now assigned correctly when multiple downloads occur. + + - Default column sorting is by date, unless a warning or error occurs when + doing the initial scan of the devices, in which case it is set to status + (unless you have already clicked on a column heading yourself, in which case + it will not change). + + - Use the command xdg-user-dir to get default download directories. + + - Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian + translations. + +0.3.0b4 (2010-06-25) +-------------------- + + - Fixed bug in Job Code addition in the preferences window. + + - Made Job Code entry completion case insensitive. + + - Update preview to be the most recently selected photo / video when + multiple files are selected. + + - Don't crash when user selects a row that has its status set to be + download pending. + + - Improve error log status messages and problem notifications. + +0.3.0b3 (2010-06-23) +-------------------- + + - First beta release of 0.3.0. + +0.2.3 (2010-06-23) +------------------ + + - Updated Hungarian, Russian, Swedish and Ukrainian translations. + + - Fixed bug #590725: don't crash if the theme does not associate an icon with + the detected device. + + - Bug fix: update example filenames and folders when Job codes are manually + modified in the preferences window. + + - This is the final release before 0.3.0, which will be a major update. + +0.2.2 (2010-06-06) +------------------ + + - Added Ukrainian translation by Sergiy Gavrylov. + + - Bug fix: in systems where exiv2 is not installed, don't crash on startup. + +0.2.1 (2010-06-05) +------------------ + + - Bug fix: display sample photo and video names in preferences dialog using + first photo and video found on download device, where possible. This used to + work but was inadvertently disabled in a recent release. + + - Bug fix: prompt for Job code when only video names or video subfolder names + use a job code. + + - Bug fix: filter out Null bytes from Exif string values. These can occur when + the Exif data is corrupted. + + - Updated Spanish, Russian and Finnish translations. + +0.2.0 (2010-05-30) +------------------ + + - Videos can now be downloaded in much the same way photos can. + + - The package kaa metadata is required to download videos. ffmpegthumbnailer is + used to display thumbnail images of certain types of videos as the download + occurs. + + - kaa metadata and ffmpegthumbnailer are optional. The program will run without + them. See the INSTALL file for details. + + - If a THM file with the same name as the video is present, it will be used to + generate a thumbnail for the video. If not, if ffmpegthumbnailer is + installed, Rapid Photo Downloader will use it to attempt to extract a + thumbnail from the video. THM files are not downloaded. + + - For now, sequence values are shared between the downloads of videos and + photos. There may be an option to have two sets of sequence numbers in a + future release. + + - Due to the number of changes in the code, it is possible that regressions in + the photo downloading code may have been introduced. + + - This is the first release to use version 0.2.x of the pyexiv2 library. The + most immediate benefit of this change is that thumbnail images from Nikon and + other brand cameras can be displayed. This fixes bugs #369640 and #570378. + + - Please note pyexiv2 0.2.x requires exiv2 0.1.9 or above. + + - Rapid Photo Downloader will still work with pyexiv2 0.1.x. However it will + not be able to display the thumbnails of some brands of camera. + + - If Rapid Photo Downloader detects version 0.18.1 or higher of the exiv2 + library, it will download Panasonic's RW2 files. If it detects version 0.18.0 + or higher of the exiv2 library, it will download Mamiya's MEF files. For + Rapid Photo Downloader to be able to detect which version of the exiv2 + library your system has, it must either be running pyexiv2 >= 0.2.0, or have + exiv2 installed. + + - Fixed bug #483222: sometimes images could not be downloaded to NTFS + partitions. This fix was a welcome side effect of using GIO to copy images, + instead of relying on the python standard library. + + - Error message headings in the Error Log are now displayed in a red font. + + - Program settings and preferences can be reset using a new command line + option. + + - Program preferences are now more thoroughly checked for validity when the + program starts. + + - Further work was done to fix bug #505492, to handle cases where the system + notification system is not working properly. + +0.1.3 (2010-01-22) +------------------ + + - Fixed bug #509348: When both the backup and "Delete images from image device + upon download completion" options are selected, the program will only delete + an image from the image device if it was both downloaded to the download + folder and backed up. Previously it did not check to ensure it was backed up + correctly too. + + - Fixed bug #505492: Program failed to start in environments where the + notification system has problems. + + - Fixed bug #508304: User is now prompted to confirm if they really want to + remove all of their Job Codes after clicking on "Remove All" in the + preferences dialog window. + + - Fixed bug #510484: Crashes when fails to create temporary download directory. + + - Fixed bug #510516: Program now checks to see if the download folder exists + and is writable. If automatic detection of image devices is not enabled, it + checks to see if the image location path exists. + + - Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, + Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish translations. + +0.1.2 (2010-01-16) +------------------ + + - New feature: photographers using RAW + JPEG mode now have the option to + synchronize sequence numbers for the matching pair of images. This option is + useful if you use the RAW + JPEG feature on your camera and you use sequence + numbers or letters in your image renaming. Enabling this option will cause + the program to detect matching pairs of RAW and JPEG images, and when they + are detected, the same sequence numbers and letters will be applied to both + image names. Furthermore, sequences will be updated as if the images were + one. For example, if 200 RAW images and 200 matching JPEG images are + downloaded, the value of Downloads today will be incremented by 200, and not + 400. The same goes for the rest of the sequence values, including the Stored + number sequence number. Images are detected by comparing filename, as well as + the exif value for the date and time the image was created (including sub + seconds when the camera records this value). This option will take effect + regardless of whether the RAW and JPEG images are stored on different memory + cards or the same memory card. Furthermore, if they are stored on separate + memory cards, you can download from them simultaneously or one after the + other. The only requirement is to download the images in the same session--in + other words, for the feature to work, use as many memory cards as you need, + but do not exit the program between downloads of the matching sets of images. + + - Increased maximum sequence number length to seven digits by user request. + + - Fixed bug #503704: changes in values for downloads today and stored number + not updated when changed via program preferences while a download is ready to + begin. + + - Fixed a rare startup bug, where the program could crash when starting a + thread. + + - Added Serbian translation by Milos Popovic. Updated Czech, Dutch, Finnish, + French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and + Swedish translations. + +0.1.1 (2010-01-05) +------------------ + + - Added auto delete feature. When enabled, upon the completion of a download, + images that were successfully downloaded will be deleted from the image + device they were downloaded from. Images that were not downloaded + successfully will not be deleted. + + - Added keyboard accelerators for Preferences and Help. + + - Added Dutch translation by Alian J. Baudrez. Updated Czech, French, German, + Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak and Spanish translations. + +0.1.0 (2009-12-07) +------------------ + + - Added icons to notification messages. + + - Updated Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish + and Swedish translations. + + - Bug fix: properly handle devices being unmounted, fixing a bug introduced in + Version 0.0.9 beta 2. + + - Bug fix: When program preferences are changed, image and backup devices are + now refreshed only when the preferences dialog window is closed. + + - Bug fix: Minutes component of image and folder renaming had the same code as + months. + +0.1.0b2 (2009-11-22) +-------------------- + + - New feature: when detection of portable storage devices is selected, the + program will prompt you whether or not to download from each device it + automatically detects. You can choose whether the program should remember the + choice you make every time it runs. This fixes bug #376020. + + - Fixed bug #484432: error in adding job codes via the preferences dialog. + + - Fixed bug #486886: Job code prompt can appear multiple times. + + - Updated Hungarian and French translations. + +0.1.0b1 (2009-11-14) +-------------------- + + - This code is ready for full release, but given the magnitude of changes, a + beta seems like a good idea, simply to catch any undetected bugs. + + - Added a "Job codes" option. Like the "text" option in image and subfolder + name generation, this allows you to specify text that will be placed into the + file and subfolder names. However, unlike the "text" option, which requires + that the text be directly entered via the program preferences, when using the + "Job code" option, the program will prompt for it each time a download + begins. + + - Made Download button the default button. Hitting enter while the main window + has focus will now start the download. + + - Fixed bug #387002: added dependency in Ubuntu packages for librsvg2-common. + Thanks go to user hasp for this fix. + + - Fixed bug #478620: problem with corrupted image files. Thanks go to user + Katrin Krieger for tracking this one down. + + - Fixed bug #479424: some camera model names do not have numbers, but it still + makes sense to return a shortened name. Thanks go to user Wesley Harp for + highlighting this problem. + + - Fixed bug #482831: program no longer crashes when auto-download is off, and a + device is inserted before another download has completed. + + - Added Czech translation by Tomas Novak. + + - Added French translation by Julien Valroff, Michel Ange, and Cenwen. + + - Added Hungarian translation by Balazs Oveges and Andras Lorincz. + + - Added Slovak translation by Tomas Novak. + + - Added Swedish translation by Ulf Urden and Michal Predotka. + + - Added dependency on gnome-icon-theme in Ubuntu packages. + + - Added additional hour, minute and second options in image renaming and + subfolder creation. Thanks to Art Zemon for the patch. + + - Malformed image date time exif values have are minimally checked to see if + they can still be used for subfolder and image renaming. Some software + programs seem to make a mess of them. + + - Updated man page, including a bug fix by Julien Valroff. + +0.0.10 (2009-06-05) +------------------- + + - Updated Russian translation by Sergei Sedov. + + - Fixed bug #383028: program would crash when using an automatically configured + backup device and gvfs. + +0.0.9 (2009-06-02) +------------------ + + - Added Italian translation by Marco Solari and Luca Reverberi. + + - Added German translation by Martin Egger and Daniel Passler. + + - Added Russian translation by Sergei Sedov. + + - Added Finnish translation by Mikko Ruohola. + + - A Help button has been added to Preferences dialog window. Clicking it takes + you to the documentation found online at the program's website. This + documentation is now complete. + + - The Preferences Dialog Window is now navigated using a list control, as it + was in early versions of the program. This change was necessary because with + some translations, the dialog window was becoming too wide with the normal + tab layout. Usability of the preferences dialog is improved: it will now + resize itself based on its content. + + - Better integration with Nautilus is now possible through the setting of + MimeType=x-content/image-dcf in the program's .desktop file. + +0.0.9b4 (2009-05-26) +-------------------- + + - Added Spanish translation by Jose Luis Navarro and Abel O'Rian. + + - Whenever subfolder preferences are modified in the Preferences Dialog window, + they are now checked to see if they contain any extraneous entries. If + necessary, any entries like this are removed when the dialog window is + closed. + + - Bug fix: Changes in preferences should be applied to devices that have + already been scanned, but their images not yet downloaded. This bug was + introduced in beta 2 when fixing bug #368098. + + - Bug fix: check subfolder preferences for validity before beginning download. + While image rename preferences were checked, this check was neglected. + + - Bug fix: do not allow automatic downloading when there is an error in the + preferences. + +0.0.9b3 (2009-05-25) +-------------------- + + - Added command line options for controlling verbosity, displaying which image + file types are recognized, and printing the program version. + + - Updated man page to reflect recent program changes and new command line + options. + + - Prepared program for translation into other languages. Thanks go to Mark + Mruss and his blog http://www.learningpython.com for code examples and + explanations. + + - Polish translation by Michal Predotka. Coming soon: French, German and + Spanish translations. + + - To install the program using python setup.py, the program msgfmt must now be + present. On most Linux distributions, this is found in the package gettext. + + - Updated INSTALL file to reflect minimum version of pyexiv2 needed, and + included information about handling any error related to msgfmt not being + installed. + + - Minor fixes to logic that checks whether the Download button should be + disabled or not. This should now be more reliable. + + - Bug fix: error log window can now be reopened after being closed with the "x" + button. Thanks go to ESR and his Python FAQ entry for this fix. + + - Bug fix: example of subfolder name now has word wrap. Thanks go to Michal + Predotka for reporting this. + + - Bug fix: don't crash when a thumbnail image is missing and the 'orientation' + variable has not yet been assigned. + +0.0.9b2 (2009-05-12) +-------------------- + + - By popular demand, allow direct downloading from cameras. This support is + experimental and may not work with your camera. This is possible through the + use of the new gvfs service, provided by GIO, that exists in recent versions + of Linux. A recent version of Linux is a must. The camera must also be + supported by libgphoto2 in combination with gvfs. If you cannot browse the + camera's contents in a file manager (e.g. Nautilus), the camera download will + not work until the gvfs support is improved. + + - Although this is a popular request, the reality is that downloading images + directly from the camera is often extremely slow in comparison to popping the + memory card into a card reader and downloading from that. + + - Fix bug #368098: the program now starts more quickly and does not become + unresponsive when scanning devices with a large number of images. This will + hardly be noticeable by users that download from memory cards, but for those + who download from hard drives with hundreds of GBs of files -- they'll notice + a big difference. + + - Fix bug #372284: for image renaming, the "image number" component is more + robust. Now, only the series of digits at the end of a filename are + recognized as the image number (obviously the file's extension is not + included as being part of the filename in this case). This allows takes in + account files from cameras like the Canon 1D series, which can have filenames + like VD1D7574.CR2. + + - Bug fix: don't download from volumes mounted while the program is already + running unless auto detection is specified. This bug could occur when auto + detection was enabled, then disabled, and then a volume was mounted. + +0.0.8 (2009-05-01) +------------------ + + - Added stored and downloads today sequence numbers: + + - The stored sequence number is remembered each time the program is run. + + - Downloads today tracks how many downloads are made on a given day. The time + a day "starts" is set via a new preference value, day start. This is useful + if you often photograph something late at night (e.g. concerts) and want a + new day to "start" at 3am, for instance. + + - Make estimate of time remaining to download images much more accurate. + + - Display download speed in status bar. + + - Reorganized sequence number/letter selection in preferences. + + - Add feature to detect change in program version, upgrading preferences where + necessary. + + - Only allow one instance of the program to be run -- raise existing window if + it is run again. This is very useful when Rapid Photo Downloader is set to + run automatically upon insertion of a memory card. + + - Add "exit at end of successful download" automation feature. + + - When an image's download is skipped, the thumbnail is now lightened. + + - Show a missing image icon if the thumbnail cannot be displayed for some + reason. (See bug #369640 for why thumbnail images from certain RAW files are + not displayed). + + - Resize main window when an image device is inserted -- it now expands to show + each device that is inserted. + + - Do not proceed with download if there is an error in the image rename or + download subfolder preferences. Instead, indicate a download error. + + - Allow version 0.1.1 of pyexiv2 to be used (an older version of the library + code that is used to get information on the images, found in distributions + like Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron). + + - In cases where image rename or download subfolder preferences are invalid, + more helpful information is printed to the console output. + + - Bug fix: better handle automated shortening Canon names like 'Canon 5D Mark + II'. It is now shortened to '5DMkII' instead of merely '5D'. + + - Bug fix: re-enable example of image renaming and subfolder name generation by + using first image from the first available download device. This was + inadvertently disabled in an earlier beta. + + - Bug fix: make default download subfolder YYYY/YYYYMMDD again. It was + inadvertently set to DDMMYYYY/YYYYMMDD in beta 6. + + - Bug fix: don't change download button label to "pause" when "Start + downloading on program startup" is set to true. + + - Bug fix: implement code to warn / give error about missing backup devices. + + - Bug fix: reset progress bar after completion of successful download. + + - Fix bug #317404 when clearing completed downloads. + +0.0.8b7 (2009-04-07) +-------------------- + + - Added serial number metadata option for select Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji, + Panasonic, and Kodak cameras. + + - Added shutter count metadata option for select Nikon cameras, e.g. Nikon + D300, D3 etc. + + - Add owner name metadata option for select Canon cameras, e.g. 5D Mk II etc. + +0.0.8b6 (2009-03-31) +-------------------- + + - Add YYYY-MM-DD and YY-MM-DD options in date time renaming, suggested by + Andreas F.X. Siegert and Paul Gear. + + - Fix bug #352242 where image has no metadata. + + - Handle images with corrupt metadata more gracefully. + +0.0.8b5 (2009-03-30) +-------------------- + + - Reduce console output. + + +0.0.8b4 (2009-03-25) +-------------------- + + - Updated Ubuntu package. + +0.0.8b3 (2009-03-25) +-------------------- + + - Updated Ubuntu package. + +0.0.8b2 (2009-03-25) +-------------------- + + - First Ubuntu package. + + - Rename tarball package to suit package name. + + - Updated README. + +0.0.8b1 (2009-03-20) +-------------------- + + - Make file renaming thread safe, fixing a long-standing (if difficult to + activate) bug. + + - Implement add unique identifier when file name is not unique. + + - Added "Report a Problem", "Get Help Online", "Make a Donation" to Help menu. + + - Implemented "Clear completed downloads" menu item. + + - Download images in order they were taken (checked by time they modified). + + - Fixed bug where choosing text as the first item in a download subfolder + caused a crash. + + - Fixed bug where date and time choices based on when image is downloaded + caused a crash. + + - Initial code to show error message when image renaming preferences have an + error. + + - Fixed bug where some invalid preferences were not being caught. + + - Run default python, not one specified in env, as per recommendations in + Debian Python Policy. + + - Remove initial period from filename extension when generating a subfolder + name (or else the folder will be hidden). + + - Check to see if metadata is essential to generate image names is now more + robust. + + - Remove list control from preferences, reverting to normal tabbed preferences, + as the window was becoming too wide. + + - Show notifications via libnotify. + + - Error and warning icons can now be clicked on to open log window. + + - Finally, last but certainly not least--implemented sequence number and + sequence letter generation: + + - session sequence number + + - sequence letter + + - Coming soon: + + - downloads today sequence number + + - subfolder sequence number + + - stored sequence number + +0.0.7 (2009-01-13) +------------------ + + - Implemented option for automatic detection of Portal Storage Devices. + +0.0.6 (2009-01-11) +------------------ + + - Fixed extremely annoying bug where memory cards could not be unmounted. + + - Made sample image selection for preferences more robust. + + - Added license details to about dialog. + + - Fix bug where image rename preferences entry boxes vertically expanded, + looking very ugly indeed. + + - Wrap new filename in image rename preferences when it becomes too long. + + - Make default download folder selection more robust. + + - Remove sequence number and sequence letter from list of choices for image + rename (not yet implemented). + + - Bug #314825: fix by not calling gnomevfs.get_local_path_from_uri() unless + strictly necessary. + +0.0.5 (2009-01-09) +------------------ + + - Implement auto download on device insertion, and auto download on program + startup. + + - Increase default width of preferences dialog box. + + - Add vertical scrollbar to image rename preferences. + + - Fixes for bugs #313463 & #313462. + +0.0.4 (2009-01-06) +------------------ + + - Bug #314284: Implement backup functionality. + + - Bug #314285: Insert debugging code to help determine the cause of this bug. + +0.0.3 (2009-01-03) +------------------ + + - Bug #313398: Fix bug where application needed to be restarted for new + preferences to take effect. + + - Added setup.py installer. + +0.0.2 (2007) +------------ + + - Updated metadata code to reflect changes in pyexiv library. + + - Pyexiv 0.1.2. + +0.0.1 (2007) +------------ + + - Initial release. -- cgit v1.2.3