We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0!
The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0.
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Legacy reasons I suppose, it would suck to go back to a photo you took a while back, only to find out all your edits are gone because the modules you used are removed.
Some modules get a “deprecated” warning, which imo more modules could use, but there are probably still edge cases where someone might prefer the old modules
You do need to figure out which modules to use and how to use some of them, its not too difficult when you have all the right modules.
A lot of the modules are old/redundant/deprecated, but still there for legacy reasons. They really clutter up the ui
Why don’t they remove all the old modules? I feel like they’re frustrating all their new users.
Legacy reasons I suppose, it would suck to go back to a photo you took a while back, only to find out all your edits are gone because the modules you used are removed.
Some modules get a “deprecated” warning, which imo more modules could use, but there are probably still edge cases where someone might prefer the old modules
Oh yeah I guess it could just only show them on old edits.
I think they are hidden by default with the scene-referred layout, but they will show up when searching. It’s a tough situation UX wise