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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.7.0alpha.html b/tiff/html/v3.7.0alpha.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95c633c --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.7.0alpha.html @@ -0,0 +1,249 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> + Changes in TIFF v3.7.0alpha +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + +<BODY BGCOLOR=white> +<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans"> +<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans"> + +<BASEFONT SIZE=4> +<B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B> +<BASEFONT SIZE=3> + +<UL> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0alpha<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.6.1.html>v3.6.1</a><BR> +<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff"> +ftp.remotesensing.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR> +<B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff"> +http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff</a> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +</UL> + +<P> +This document describes the changes made to the software between the +<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above). +If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this +timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned. +The following information is located here: +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="#hightlights">Major Changes</A> +<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A> +<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A> +<LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A> +<LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in the contrib area</A> +<LI><A HREF="#lzwkit">Changes in the LZW compression kit</A> +</UL> +<p> +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A> + +<ul> + <li> Significant changes in software configuration: we are switched + to GNU autotools now. + + <li> tiffset: tiffset now can set any libtiff supported tags. Tags + can be supplied by the mnemonic name or number. +</ul> + + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> Get rid of the old configuration system and switch to + GNU autotools. +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c: Fixed problem with duplicated SOI and SOF + markers as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581" + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581</a>. + + <li> libtiff/{tif_open.c, tiffio.h}: New function added: + TIFFIsBigEndian(). Function returns nonzero if given was file written + in big-endian order. + + <li> libtiff/tif_print.c: added (untested) support for printing + SSHORT, SLONG and SRATIONAL fields. + + <li> libtiff/tif_fax3.c: Avoid reading CCITT compression options + if compression type mismatches. See + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_strip.c: Never return 0 from the TIFFNumberOfStrips(). + + <li> libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Workaround for broken TIFF writers which + store single SampleFormat value for multisampled images. See + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_write.c: Allow in-place updating of the compressed + images (don't work properly with all codecs). For details see GDAL bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_jpeg.c: Workaround for wrong sampling factors used + in the Intergarph JPEG compressed TIFF images as per bug: + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_open.c: Use dummy mmap/munmap functions in + TIFFClientOpen() when the appropriate client functions was not + supplied by user. + + <li> libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Fixed problem with handling TIFF_UNDEFINED + tag type in TIFFFetchNormalTag() as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508" + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_codec.c: Fixed typo in TIFFInitPackBits name as per: + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_fax3.c: Fixed problem, introdiced in 3.6.1 release, + with the CCITT encoding modes as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483</a>. + We need more work on fax codec to support update mode. + + <li> libtiff/tiff.h: Fixed tag definitions for TIFFTAG_YCLIPPATHUNITS + and TIFFTAG_INDEXED as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475</a>. + + <li> libtiff/{tif_win32.c, tif_unix.c}: Check whether the pointer is + NULL before proceeding further as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474</a>. + Check results, returned by the TIFFFdOpen() before returning and close + file if TIFFFdOpen() failed as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468</a>. + + <li> libtiff/{libtiff.def, tif_close.c, tiffio.h, tif_open.c}: + Separate TIFFCleanup() from the TIFFClose() in order to fix the bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c: Fixed handling of writable ASCII tags + that are field_passcount=TRUE properly. Arguably anonymous custom + tags should be declared as passcount=FALSE, but I don't want to change + that without a careful review. + + <li> libtiff/tif_write.c: Fixed reporting size of the buffer in case + of stripped image in TIFFWriteBufferSetup(). As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460</a>. + + <li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Incomplete cleanup in TIFFFreeDirectory(), + patch from Gerben Koopmans. + + <li> libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Check field_passcount value before setting + the value of undefined type, patch from Gerben Koopmans. + + <li> libtiff/{tiff.h, tif_fax3.c}:Fixes for AMD 64 platform as + suggested by Jeremy C. Reed. + + <li> libtiff/tif_win32.c: Fixed problem with _TIFFrealloc() when + the NULL pointer passed. Patch supplied by Larry Grill. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> tiffset: tiffset now can set any libtiff supported tags. Tags + can be supplied by the mnemonic name or number. + + <li> ycbcr.c: fixed main() declaration as per: + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513</a>. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffsplit.1.html>tiffsplit</a>: Don't forget + to copy Photometric Interpretation tag. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffsplit.1.html>tiffsplit</a>: Fixed problem with + unproperly written multibyte files. Now output files will be written + using the same byte order flag as in the input image. See + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=574" + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=574</a>. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffsplit.1.html>tiffsplit</a>: Copy JPEGTables + tag contents for JPEG compressed images. Reported by Artem Mirolubov. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffcp.1.html>tiffcp</a>: Close output file + on normal exit. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffcp.1.html>tiffcp</a>: Don't emit warnings + when Orientation tag does not present in the input image. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffcp.1.html>tiffcp</a>: Properly set + Photometric Interpretation in case of JPEG compression of grayscale + images. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffcp.1.html>tiffcp</a>: Fixed problem with wrong + interpretation of the InkNames tag as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466</a>. + Memory leak fixed. + + <li> <a href=./man/tiffcp.1.html>tiffcp</a>: Fixed problem with + wrong Photometric setting for non-RGB images. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A> + +<UL> + + <li> Outdated stuff removed. + + <li> Almost all programs are sinchronized with the current libtiff + and should compile without problems. + +</UL> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION +KIT:</B></A> +<UL> + +<li> No changes. + +</UL> + +<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR> + +<HR> + +Last updated $Date: 2006/03/18 17:12:47 $. + +</BODY> +</HTML> |