Nov 8, 2009 at 16:11 Bugfix: Verify with bytewise file comparison failed for the NTFS (Windows) file system. Normal verify worked OK. Strangely, direct I/O (bypass file cache) is not allowed for NTFS. The fix was to remove direct I/O for reading original files, and use it only for reading from the backup medium. The point is to be sure the files are being read from the medium and not from cached copies.
Nov 7, 2009 at 17:03 Minor improvement: disk I/O benchmark reports performance for multiple I/O block sizes.
Oct 30, 2009 at 11:57 Set file exclusion date to 1970.01.01 by default (older dates are negative and invalid, but can exist).
Avoid DVD mount dialog if a script file is running, verify that the DVD is present before continuing.
If the DVD mount point is missing, create it and continue.
Unmount DVD: use mount point instead of device in umount command.
Oct 29, 2009 at 11:54 A bug was corrected in the image thumbnail navigator which is used by fotoxx, printoxx, and picpuz. The bug can cause a crash when using the navigator for the first time to open a folder.
The following releases contain the fix:
fotoxx 8.6.2
printoxx 2.1.1
picpuz 2.1.1
zfuncstest 2.28 (the bug was here)
Oct 29, 2009 at 00:17 Report formats have been made more compact.
The RPM tool now monitors processor (core) temperatures.
Oct 27, 2009 at 09:48 A collection of small updates.
printoxx 2.1: drag and drop files from the file chooser dialog (old click method was also retained).
zfuncs 2.27: drag_drop_connect() function was upgraded to support the above printoxx change.
picpuz 2.1: the image thumbnail gallery is no longer opened at startup (was unconventional and confusing).
Makefile for all applications was tuned to better manage desktop menus.
Oct 25, 2009 at 15:19 + Area edit, blend width: notify user if edge calculation is missing.
+ Ignore mouse click if mouse was moved between button down and button up.
+ Bugfix: pano align, fix small image shift on the right side of the joint (v.8.5).
Oct 25, 2009 at 15:18 + Do remount only if device was mounted by ukopp, else use sync.
+ Use direct I/O for verify - sync leaves files in memory cache which defeats media verification.
Oct 21, 2009 at 12:47 Do re-mount instead of sync to insure file cache is written to physical disk (faster and affects only the target backup device).
Oct 20, 2009 at 10:17 The following have translation updates for Spanish and Galician:
fotoxx 8.6
picpuz 2.0
printoxx 2.0.2
Oct 20, 2009 at 10:16 + Bugfix: image_navigate(): detect null input file and return empty list.
+ New function: showz_helpF1(): display context-sensitive help text
+ write_popup_text(): allow re-entrance, append new text to old
+ image_gallery(): add navigation KB keys: home, end, page up/down
Oct 19, 2009 at 17:45 Correct malloc() failure for memory test above 2047 MB.
Correct upper limit for memory test: 4095 MB per thread.
Oct 13, 2009 at 22:44 An automatic white balance function was added. The success rate for 1-click red-eye removal was raised from 47/54 test cases to 52/54 (drag method is 100% successful but needs more time and care). Convience buttons were added to the HDR final adjustment dialog. A Spanish translation was added for the User Guide "quick guide" section. Bugfix: Image navigation could crash if presented with an empty folder. Bugfix: Zoom-in followed by some edit functions caused the image to be displayed with a false width/height ratio (cosmetic only - edit still worked normally).
Oct 8, 2009 at 10:00 2009.10.08 v.2.0
Red line option for tile-borders added (visual aid).
2009.07.19 v.1.9.4
Chinese (mainland) translation was added.
2009.07.02 v.1.9.3
Bugfix: Saving a partially completed puzzle failed if language was not English.
Oct 7, 2009 at 20:44 8.5.2 Oct. 7
Bugfix: looping can occur in retouch function if colors are oversaturated.
8.5.1 Oct. 2
Bugfix: crash in invert area function for 32-bit builds.
User Guide was improved for select area edge calculation and blend width.
Updated French translation.
8.5 Oct. 1
+ New: select area by color. Click to select a contiguous area matching
the clicked color within a range. Click or drag to accumulate new areas.
Right-click undo. Edit functions can be used within the selected area.
+ New: disable selected area, leaving it available for re-use or re-edit.
+ Panorama: better compensation for small misfits caused by relative
horizon difference or rotation in the images being combined.
+ Panorama: auto search for camera parameters made more robust.
+ Reduce noise, new method added based on statistical variance.
+ Blend-width scale made non-linear for finer control of small values.
+ Image gallery: open folder starts with parent of current directory.
+ Bugfix: clone instance had English GUI instead of original language.
Oct 7, 2009 at 20:40 + GUI revised: retention specs for old file versions on the
backup media are easier to specify and more conventional.
Other changes to the GUI were done to make it easier to use.
Changes to the job file format will require minor re-editing.
+ Better detection of conflicts bewteen user intent and actual
status of target devices and directories.
+ Do auto unmount at end of job only if auto mount was done at start.
+ Do auto deletion of mount point directory only if created by ukopp.
+ Bugfix: include/exclude filespec containing blanks did not work.
