Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.0a3 is released

Software Rapid Photo Downloader
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http://damonlynch.net/rapid/download.html

Changes from previous release:

  • Selecting items in the Timeline or showing only new files can result in
    situations where there are files that have been checked for download that are
    not currently being displayed. In such a situation, when a download is started,
    a dialog will be displayed to warn that all checked files will be downloaded,
    not merely those currently displayed.

  • Changed heading of destination storage space to show projected bytes free
    instead of percent used.

  • Fixed bug where thumbnails might not be displayed for files that had
    already been downloaded during a previous progarm invocation.

  • If the environment variable RPD_SCAN_DEBUG is set to any value, the
    program’s scan operation will output voluminous debug information to stdout.

  • Added support for PyQt 5.6, namely its stricter rules regarding signal type
    matching.

  • Fixed bug when reporting inability to extract metadata from scan when not
    downloading from a camera

Finally, I’ve been working on the documentation too, although there is still lots to write:
http://damonlynch.net/rapid/documentation/

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Hi!

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I’m asking anyway :slight_smile:

I saw that you created a snapcraft.yaml file in the Bazaar repository. I tried to build a snap file on Ubuntu 16.04 but I’m facing some errors. What’s your status with this? Do you need help building it?

Cheers,

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Yes I started work on the snap, but I quickly gave up when I realized every time I did an operation it was downloading more than 100MB of data – the same data, again and again. Unfortunately I pay for Internet by the MB so that’s not a good outcome for me.

So yes please - if you’d like to work on the snap, go for it!