Re: tar.xz file for Windows

Hi,

It includes plenty of fixes, but also new features. The NEWS file on the
root of digiKam git repository always contains the list of changes and bugs
closed :

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/raw/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads

A new tool is under construction: the Survey Window. It's dedicated to
reviewing items on a second screen to replace the SlideShow tool by
default. Not all is finalized at all, and I'm working on it currently.

Bugzilla entry : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501292
Screenshot :  https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=188266

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 7 janv. 2026 à 06:25, Milind Joshi <[email protected]> a écrit :

> Is this stable enough? I download
> digiKam-9.0.0-20260106T182548-Qt6-Win64.tar.xz right?
> On 06.01.2026 06:51 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
> The tarball is already here for the 9.0.0 pre-release :
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mar. 6 janv. 2026 à 14:05, Milind Joshi <[email protected]> a
> écrit :
>
>> Thanks for creating the bug report. This file is still not available for
>> download for the 8.8.0 version. Hopefully, gets fixed in the new version
>> so that I can upgrade.
>>
>> On 01.12.2025 01:39 am, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>> > See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588
>> >
>> > Maik
>> >
>> > Am Sonntag, 30. November 2025, 12:40:45 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit
>> schrieb
>> > Milind Joshi:
>> >> i don't see tar.xz file for the 8.8.0 version. Will it be uploaded?
>> >> Going forward will this download be not a standard feature?
>> >>
>> >> On 28.07.2024 05:41 pm, Milind Joshi wrote:
>> >>> Is QT5 deprecated in the 8.5.0 version? I see only the QT6 file?
>> >>>
>> >>> On 27.07.2024 06:12:12 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> >>>> It's safe to use 8.5.0. There are only bugfixes for the moment
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Gilles Caulier
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:37, Milind Joshi <[email protected]>
>> a
>> >>>>
>> >>>> écrit :
>> >>>>> Thanks. Will that file be uploaded for 8.4.0 or I need to try out
>> the
>> >>>>> 8.5.0 version? I would rather stick to the stable version.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 27.07.2024 05:59:13 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> >>>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> No nothing has changed... The XV binaries archive for Windows
>> verison
>> >>>>>> 8.4.0 are just missing in the download area. It's probably a miss
>> >>>>>> while publishing.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The 8.5.0 pre release which are automatized contains the XV
>> >>>>>> archives here :
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Best
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:09, Milind Joshi <[email protected]
>> >
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> a écrit :
>> >>>>>>> Till version 8.3.0 there used to be a file in the format
>> >>>>>>> 8.x.y-Win64.tar.xz which I could download and use it as a portable
>> >>>>>>> version by extracting it to a folder and executing the digikam.exe
>> >>>>>>> file.
>> >>>>>>> This is also mentioned in the Windows download page.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Quote
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> We provide also a portable archive file (tar.xz), just decompress
>> the
>> >>>>>>> content somewhere convenient, then double-click on the digiKam
>> >>>>>>> icon in
>> >>>>>>> the folder. This will not impact an installed version of digiKam,
>> >>>>>>> though
>> >>>>>>> it will share your settings with your regular installed version.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Unquote
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> However, the file 8.4.0-Win64.tar.xz is much smaller and does not
>> >>>>>>> have
>> >>>>>>> the digikam.exe file. Has something changed? Where can I find this
>> >>>>>>> file?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> mj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>