This is very good news. Just want to send a message of encouragement. All the changes you state looks like very welcome and like good decisions. Looking forward to try it out.
brgds Andreas Damon Lynch skrev den 2015-01-28 17:41: > Hi everyone, > > I know things have been very quiet for Rapid Photo Downloader for the > past 12 months or so. I want to let you know that behind the scenes > I'm working on the next version. I don't know when it will be out, but > I thought it best to let you all know that progress is happening. > > My goals for the next version are to: > > * Make it possible to download from any camera or phone gphoto2 > supports, instead of just some cameras (a very common request) > * Eliminate program freezes like there were in late 2012 and > throughout 2013 > * Where possible increase performance, > * Keep up with changes in the free software world > * Make it easier to maintain the code > > To achieve these goals, I have decided to do the following: > > * Drop the use of Gnome GIO (which has been how Rapid Photo > Downloader has interfaced with cameras until now), and instead use > libgphoto2 to communicate directly with the camera. This is > possible because there are now Python bindings for libghoto2. > * Drop Python multiprocessing, and switch to 0mq > <http://zeromq.org/> for inter-process communication. > * Drop PyGTK and switch to PyQt 5 > * Switch from Python 2.6 / 2.7 to Python 3.4. > * Drop pyexiv2 (which has been abandoned), in favor of Gexiv2 > * For video metadata, drop hachoir-metadata and kaa-metadata (which > have both been abandoned) in favor of ExifTool > > The change to PyQt 5 requires substantial changes to the code. > > It's still early days, but currently the next version can scan a > device and generate thumbnails. On some test data I have (more than > 16,000 photos totalling almost 40GB), the new version was able to > complete the scan and generate the thumbnails in 2 minutes 19 seconds, > vs. 7 minutes 14 seconds for the current release (0.4.10). The next > version will no doubt slow as I add more features (it's very primitive > at the moment), but in terms of performance at least, progress is > looking good. > > Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. > > Best, > Damon > -- > > http://www.damonlynch.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~rapid-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~rapid-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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