This is free but the sign tools from M$ VSCode need to be used under Windows. This will solve installation process and access rights to the disk, but not the M$ Defender lock at install. First one is for development purpose and can only be used outside the store. 8/ To notarize the installer there are 2 ways : a self signed, or by an external certification organism (aka for website). All is under recompilation on my lead computer at home For the moment all Qt6.5.3 compile excepted QtWebEngine, but i found the problem. 7/ I initiate a new github project to compile digiKam under Windows. See the list of portfiles in the project web page vcpkg as all in place and is more simple (aka mysql or mariadb, heif, even kf5 !). Also another point about craft : complex configuration and usage, missing package (aka HEIF, AOM, Mysql support), Python based, more dependencies, low support, etc. But i must admit that they do a great job, as all is based to Cmake and it's very simple to use. I choose vcpkg even if i'm not fan to M$ tool. 6/ We needs a package manager which simplify the job : Craft or vcpkg. 5/ We needs to use a VM based on Windows 10 + MSVC 2019. 4/ Using vcpkg to cross compile can work for a small project, but vcpkg is not yet designed for that. 3/ Cross Compiling use Clang-cl toolchain is a pain.

2/ MXE cannot be used here as QtWebEngine cannot be cross compiled.

1/ My plan is to provide a Qt6 based installer Some fresh news about my investigations around a Notarization of the digiKam for Windows. So please be patient and be aware on this channel. This will be a giant step on the project, and this will permit to adverse the application under the most important operating system (in quantity of computer installed i want mean (:=))). There are already some KDE application published on Microsoft store, so i'm confidant to complete this wish for the next 7.0.0 release. It's not perfect, but as usual, the last 10% are the most complex to solve.Īfter that, the KDE build factory will be able to package digiKAm for the store (it's a special format only doable with the Micorst tool under Windows of course.) Since 3 week, i'm fighting against the Windows stuff, and i'm near to complete the job : To publish digiKam on the Microsoft store, the ultimate condition is to be able to compile whole digiKam under Microsoft compiler : MSVC

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