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4 Changes in TIFF v3.7.0beta
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13<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<UL>
17<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
18<B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0beta<BR>
19<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.7.0alpha.html>v3.7.0alpha</a><BR>
20<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff">
21ftp.remotesensing.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR>
22<B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff">
23http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff</a>
24<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
25</UL>
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27<P>
28This document describes the changes made to the software between the
29<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above).
30If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
31timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
32The following information is located here:
33<UL>
34<LI><A HREF="#hightlights">Major Changes</A>
35<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A>
36<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A>
37<LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A>
38<LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in the contrib area</A>
39<LI><A HREF="#lzwkit">Changes in the LZW compression kit</A>
40</UL>
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42<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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44<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
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46<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A>
47
48<ul>
49 <li> LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
50 compression kit anymore.
51
52 <li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
53 into TIFFs.
54
55 <li> The first attempt to implement a test suite.
56</ul>
57
58
59<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
60<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
61
62<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
63
64<UL>
65 <li> Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
66</UL>
67
68<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
69
70<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
71
72<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
73
74<UL>
75 <li> libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
76 overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.
77
78 <li> BSD data types (u_char, u_short, u_int, u_long) is no longer
79 used internally in the libtiff. Should result in simpler configuration
80 and better portability.
81
82 <li> libtiff/tiff.h: Fix column tagging. Reference current Adobe XMP
83 specification. Reference libtiff bug tracking system to submit
84 private tag additions.
85
86 <li> libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Don't reject to read tags of the
87 SamplesPerPixel size when the tag count is greater than number of
88 samples as per bug
89 <A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576">
90 http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576</A>.
91
92 <li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_open.c}: Applied patches from
93 Joris Van Damme to avoid requirement for tiffiop.h inclusion in
94 some applications. Look for details here:
95 <A HREF="http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html">
96 http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html</A>.
97
98 <li> libtiff/{tiffiop.h, tif_dirinfo.c}: Fixed problem with the static
99 variable as per bug
100 <A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593">
101 http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593</A>.
102
103 <li> libtiff/tif_lzw.c: LZW compression code is merged back from the
104 separate package. All libtiff tools are updated to not advertise an
105 abcence of LZW support.
106
107 <li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
108 when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.
109
110</UL>
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112<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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116<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
117
118<UL>
119 <li> tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
120 properly initialize array in PSDataBW().
121
122 <li> tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.
123
124 <li> ras2tiff: Fixed issue with missed big-endian checks as per bug
125 </A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586">
126 http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586</A>.
127
128 <li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
129 into TIFFs.
130
131</UL>
132
133<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
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135<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
136
137<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>
138
139<UL>
140
141 <li> No changes.
142
143</UL>
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145<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
146
147<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
148KIT:</B></A>
149<UL>
150
151 <li> This one is not longer needed.
152
153</UL>
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