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[Damien Moore <damienlmoore@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Olivier,

pyexiv2 compiles with no problems for me (I had to apt-get install
libexiv2-dev and libboost-python-dev). Now on to testing, but before I do
that, can you suggest an easy way to install this version side by side with
the 0.1 package? Ideally, I want to have them both available on this system.

cheers,
Damien

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Olivier Tilloy <olivier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello pyexiv2 users and developers!
>
> I'm pleased to announce that I now consider pyexiv2 0.2 (development
> branch) complete and stable enough to start pre-release testing.
>
> Your help in making sure that this version matches your expectations is
> greatly appreciated. I myself tested it quite extensively but I surely miss
> a lot of use cases, and I would like to hear about your experience with it.
> In particular, I'm interested in checking that:
>
>  - there are no regressions compared to the previous version (0.1.3)
>  - known bugs and limitations with 0.1.3 are fixed in this version
>
> Since 0.2 is mostly a complete rewrite, a lot has changed, and the API is
> _not_ backward compatible with the 0.1 series. This means that your scripts
> and programs will need some adaptations to use the new version. The good
> news is that this new version gives you access to more information
> (including the long-awaited XMP metadata).
>
> The API is partly documented, and one of my goals for this release is to
> have it fully documented (that will include tutorial update and a readable
> API documentation). In the meantime, here are some hints about the changes:
>
>  - pyexiv2.Image is now called pyexiv2.ImageMetadata
>  - the readMetadata() and writeMetadata() methods are now called read() and
> write()
>  - accessing tags using the [] operator on an ImageMetadata object will
> return tag objects (where it previously returned only the value of the tag):
> ExifTag, IptcTag, XmpTag
>  - the tags store quite a lot of useful information about themselves,
> including key, description, raw value (string), value (translated to a
> pythonic type where applicable), ...
>  - IptcTag objects always store a list of values even when the tag is not
> repeatable (check the repeatable property)
>
> Instructions for testing:
>
> # Get the latest revision of the 0.2 branch
> bzr branch lp:pyexiv2 && cd pyexiv2
> # Compile it
> scons
> # Install it (to be run with administrative rights)
> scons install
>
> When testing, make sure you have a backup of your data, especially if you
> are modifying or writing metadata to files! Please report bugs at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/pyexiv2/+filebug. Any questions/doubts should
> be directed to this mailing-list.
>
> My plans for the release include a windows installer. Since I'm not a
> windows guy, I appreciate any help and hints in this field.
>
> Regards,
>
> Olivier
>
>
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