Hi Olivier >I'm pleased to announce that I now consider pyexiv2 0.2 (development branch) complete and stable enough to start pre-release testing.
This is terrific news. For my part, I will probably be in a position to do some testing and migrate phraymd in a couple of weeks time. > - 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) very welcome changes :) >(including the long-awaited XMP metadata) Another welcome change, but one I have a question about. Does the XMP support just allow reading/writing that metadata from the image binary or is there support for reading/writing sidecars as well? cheers, Damien On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Olivier Tilloy <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~pyexiv2-developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Epyexiv2-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~pyexiv2-developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Epyexiv2-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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