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  5. Changes in TIFF v3.7.0beta
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  12. <B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B>
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  16. <B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0beta<BR>
  17. <B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.7.0alpha.html>v3.7.0alpha</a><BR>
  18. <B>Master Download Site</B>: <A HREF="https://download.osgeo.org/libtiff">
  19. download.osgeo.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR>
  20. <B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/">
  21. http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/</a>
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  25. This document describes the changes made to the software between the
  26. <I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above).
  27. If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
  28. timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
  29. The following information is located here:
  30. <UL>
  31. <LI><A HREF="#highlights">Major Changes</A>
  32. <LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A>
  33. <LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A>
  34. <LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A>
  35. <LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in the contrib area</A>
  36. <LI><A HREF="#lzwkit">Changes in the LZW compression kit</A>
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  41. <A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A>
  42. <ul>
  43. <li> LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
  44. compression kit anymore.
  45. <li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
  46. into TIFFs.
  47. <li> The first attempt to implement a test suite.
  48. </ul>
  49. <P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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  51. <A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
  52. <UL>
  53. <li> Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
  54. </UL>
  55. <P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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  57. <A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
  58. <UL>
  59. <li> libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
  60. overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.
  61. <li> BSD data types (u_char, u_short, u_int, u_long) is no longer
  62. used internally in the libtiff. Should result in simpler configuration
  63. and better portability.
  64. <li> libtiff/tiff.h: Fix column tagging. Reference current Adobe XMP
  65. specification. Reference libtiff bug tracking system to submit
  66. private tag additions.
  67. <li> libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Don't reject to read tags of the
  68. SamplesPerPixel size when the tag count is greater than number of
  69. samples as per bug
  70. <A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576">
  71. http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576</A>.
  72. <li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_open.c}: Applied patches from
  73. Joris Van Damme to avoid requirement for tiffiop.h inclusion in
  74. some applications. Look for details here:
  75. <A HREF="http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html">
  76. http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html</A>.
  77. <li> libtiff/{tiffiop.h, tif_dirinfo.c}: Fixed problem with the static
  78. variable as per bug
  79. <A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593">
  80. http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593</A>.
  81. <li> libtiff/tif_lzw.c: LZW compression code is merged back from the
  82. separate package. All libtiff tools are updated to not advertise an
  83. abcence of LZW support.
  84. <li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
  85. when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.
  86. </UL>
  87. <P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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  89. <A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
  90. <UL>
  91. <li> tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
  92. properly initialize array in PSDataBW().
  93. <li> tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.
  94. <li> ras2tiff: Fixed issue with missed big-endian checks as per bug
  95. </A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586">
  96. http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586</A>.
  97. <li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
  98. into TIFFs.
  99. </UL>
  100. <P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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  102. <A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>
  103. <UL>
  104. <li> No changes.
  105. </UL>
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  107. <A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
  108. KIT:</B></A>
  109. <UL>
  110. <li> This one is not longer needed.
  111. </UL>
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