darktable 2.6.0rc0 released

we’re proud to announce the first release candidate for the upcoming 2.6 series of darktable, 2.6.0rc0! the github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-2.6.0rc0. as always, please don’t use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksums are: $ sha256sum darktable-2.6.0~rc0.tar.xz 5317f6353a1811ffc1e4c06fb983db5cd0bcfdccd6d8f595f470a3536424658f darktable-2.6.0rc0.tar.xz $ sha256sum darktable-2.6.0rc0.dmg ??? darktable-2.6.0rc0.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-2.6.0rc0.exe ??? darktable-2.6.0rc0.exe when updating from the currently stable 2.4.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.darktable.org/2018/12/darktable-2.6.0rc0-released/