digiKam 4.5.0 - Release date: 2014-11-09

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NEW FEATURES:

General : Remove internal libpgf. Add external and mandatory dependency to libpgf >= 6.12.24.
General : Extra tools dependency is now optional.
General : Geolocation is now an optional dependency to support geolocation maps.
General : FacesEngine is now an optional dependency to support faces detection and recocognition.
General : libjasper is now an optional dependency to support JPEG200.

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BUGFIXES:

001 ==> 339806 - Compiler error: ambiguous reference to ratio variable.
002 ==> 326945 - When build digikam from git and package libpgf is installed, no way to use internal digikam libpgf.
003 ==> 339524 - Identity class miss d private container to improve binary compatibility [patch].
004 ==> 315574 - CORE : bad performance when Tag-related Sidebars (Tag management / Filter) are open [patch].
005 ==> 339903 - Select 'recent' albums containing MOV or .xcf(Gimp) files. Immediate crash occurs.
006 ==> 340030 - Tools can not be deactivated on non-English locales.
007 ==> 340141 - White Balance: Unable to specify exposure compensation > x.5.
008 ==> 340186 - GROUP : Wallet icon for grouped photos is conceptually confusing.
009 ==> 306767 - ICONVIEW : thumb focus is lost after renaming.
010 ==> 340295 - Make fails on imagedescedittab.cpp has no member named 'textEdit'.
011 ==> 337737 - MYSQL : settings and installation windows freeze when valid mariadb/mysql db connection is available [patch].
012 ==> 340439 - No auto-rotation/flip Images after download [patch].
013 ==> 338407 - Import not showing image thumbnails for certain Canon cameras [patch].
014 ==> 326718 - Clear text button on file rename does nothing [patch].
015 ==> 267789 - Make face detection and geo tagging optional features [patch].
016 ==> 172295 - digiKam has a hard dependency on Jasper library.
017 ==> 339180 - Cmake and/or compiler pick up Geolocation header files from previous version.
018 ==> 340581 - Ratings with rating == 0 cannot be selected on the left sidebar [patch].
019 ==> 339154 - digiKam goes into infinite loop when working with tags/captions information tab templates.
020 ==> 340487 - Add Album Category as a search criteria [patch].
021 ==> 337422 - EXIF thumbnail date information not updated when writing metadata to image.
022 ==> 340443 - Advanced slideshow shows not all pictures under certain conditions [patch].
023 ==> 340476 - Floating Cards brings digiKam with non-English locales to crash and missing parameter text [patch].