digiKam 6.0.0 beta 1 is released

Dear digiKam fans and users, following the long stage of integrating a lots of work from students during the Summer of Code we are proud to announce the first beta of digiKam 6.0.0. Improvements and Fixes The next major version 6.0.0 looks promising, and will introduce new features as: Full support of video files management working as photos. An integration of all import/export web-service tools in LightTable, Image editor and Showfoto.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://digikam.org/news/2018-08-19-6.0.0-beta1_release_announcement/