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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.9.0beta.html b/tiff/html/v3.9.0beta.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..d7d8821 --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.9.0beta.html @@ -0,0 +1,304 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> + Changes in TIFF v3.9.0beta +</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>: v3.9.0beta<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.8.2.html>v3.8.2</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> +</UL> +<p> +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> New <b>tiffcrop</b> utility contributed by Richard Nolde. + <b>tiffcrop</b> does the same as <b>tiffcp</b>, but also can crop, + extract, rotate and mirror images. + + <li> tif_jbig.c: Added support for JBIG compression scheme + (34661 code), contributed by Lee Howard. + + <li> Totally new implementation of OJPEG module from + Joris Van Damme. No need to patch libjpeg anymore. Many OJPEG files + should be supported now that was not supported previously. + +</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> tif_config.wince.h, tiffconf.wince.h, tif_wince.c: WinCE-specific + compatibility stuff from Mateusz Loskot. + + <li> Rename config.h.vc and tif_config.h.vc to config.vc.h and + tif_config.vc.h for easier identification by folks using an IDE. + + <li> configure, configure.ac: OJPEG support enabled by default (i.e., + whe the conformant JPEG support enabled). + + <li> README.vms, Makefile.am, configure.com, libtiff/{Makefile.am, + tif_config.h-vms, tif_stream.cxx, tif_vms.c, tiffconf.h-vms}: + Added support for OpenVMS by Alexey Chupahin. + + <li> nmake.opt: use /EHsc for VS2005 compatibility. Also define + _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE to avoid noise on VS2005. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> tif_dirinfo.c (_TIFFFindFieldInfo): Don't attempt to + bsearch() on a NULL fieldinfo list. + (_TIFFFindFieldInfoByName): Don't attempt to lfind() on a NULL + fieldinfo list. + + <li> tif_jpeg.c: Changed JPEGInitializeLibJPEG() so that it + will convert from decompressor to compressor or compress to decompress + if required by the force arguments. This works around a problem in + where the JPEGFixupTestSubsampling() may cause a decompressor to + be setup on a directory when later a compressor is required with the + force flag set. Occurs with the addtiffo program for instance. + + <li> tif_dirwrite.c: Fixed swapping of byte arrays stored + in-place in tag offsets as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363</a> + + <li> tif_getimage.c: workaround for 'Fractional scanline' error + reading OJPEG images with rowsperstrip that is not a multiple of + vertical subsampling factor. This bug is mentioned in + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390</a> and + <a href="http://www.asmail.be/msg0054766825.html"> + http://www.asmail.be/msg0054766825.html</a> + + <li> tif_dirread.c: Added special function to handle + SubjectDistance EXIF tag as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362</a> + + <li> tif_dirread.c, tif_read.c: Type of the byte counters + changed from tsize_t to uint32 to be able to work with data arrays + larger than 2GB. Fixes bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=890"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89</a> + Idea submitted by Matt Hancher. + + <li> tif_dir.c: Workaround for incorrect TIFFs with + ExtraSamples == 999 produced by Corel Draw. As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490</a> + + <li> tif_write.c: TIFFAppendToStrip() - clear sorted flag if + we move a strip. + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1359"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1359</a> + + <li> tif_fax3.c: Save the state of printdir codec dependent method. + + <li> tif_jpeg.c: Save the state of printdir codec dependent method + as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273</a> + + <li> tif_win32.c: Fixed problem with offset value manipulation + as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322</a> + + <li> tif_fax3.c, tif_next.c, tif_pixarlog.c: Fixed multiple + vulnerabilities, as per Gentoo bug (): + <a href="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142383"> + http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142383</a> + + <li> tif_lzw.c, tif_zip.c: Fixed problems with mixing + encoding and decoding on the same read-write TIFF handle. The LZW + code can now maintain encode and decode state at the same time. The + ZIP code will switch back and forth as needed. + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757</a> + + <li> tif_msdos.c: Avoid handle leak for failed opens. + c/o Thierry Pierron + + <li> tif_dirwrite.c: take care not to flush out buffer of strip/tile + data in _TIFFWriteDirectory if TIFF_BEENWRITING not set. Relates + to bug report by Peng Gao with black strip at bottom of images. + + <li> tif_dirwrite.c: make sure to use uint32 for wordcount in + TIFFWriteNormanTag if writecount is VARIABLE2 for ASCII fields. + It already seems to have been done for other field types. Needed + for "tiffset" on files with geotiff ascii text. + + <li> tif_dirinfo.c: Added missed EXIF tag ColorSpace (40961). + + <li> tif_dirread.c: Move IFD fetching code in the separate + function TIFFFetchDirectory() avoiding code duplication in + TIFFReadDirectory() and TIFFReadCustomDirectory(). + + <li>tif_readdir.c: Added case in EstimateStripByteCounts() for tiled + files. Modified TIFFReadDirectory() to not invoke + EstimateStripByteCounts() for case where entry 0 and 1 are unequal but + one of them is zero. + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204</a> + + <li> tif_open.c, tif_dirread.c, tiffiop.h: Move IFD looping + checking code in the separate function TIFFCheckDirOffset(). + + <li> tif_aux.c: Added _TIFFCheckRealloc() function. + + <li> tif_fax3.c: Fixed problems in fax decoder as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194</a> + + <li> tif_jbig.c: Added support for JBIG compression scheme + (34661 code) contributed by Lee Howard. As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=896"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=896</a> + + <li> tif_getimage.c: Added support for planarconfig separate + non-subsampled YCbCr (i.e. separate YCbCr with subsampling [1,1]). + + <li> tif_getimage.c: Revision of all RGB(A) put routines: + <ul> + <li> Conversion of unassociated alpha to associated alpha + now done with more performant LUT, and calculation more + correct. + <li> Conversion of 16bit data to 8bit data now done with + more performant LUT, and calculation more correct + <li> Bugfix of handling of 16bit RGB with unassociated alpha + </ul> + + <li> tif_ojpeg.c: totally new implementation + + <li> tif_getimage.c: removed TIFFTAG_JPEGCOLORMODE handling + of OJPEG images in favor of tif_getimage.c native handling of + YCbCr and desubsampling. + + <li> tif_jpeg.c: JPEGVSetField() so that altering the photometric + interpretation causes the "upsampled" flag to be recomputed. Fixes + peculiar bug where photometric flag had to be set before jpegcolormode + flag. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A> + +<UL> + <li> tiff2ps.c: Added support 16-bit images as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1566"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1566</a>. + Patch from William Bader. + + <li> tiff2pdf.c: Fix for TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES tag fetching and + significant upgrade of the whole utility as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1560"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1560</a>. + Now we don't need tiffiop.h in tiff2pdf anymore and will open output + PDF file using TIFFClientOpen() machinery as it is implemented + by Leon Bottou. + + <li> tiffcrop.c: New tiffcrop utility contributed + by Richard Nolde. As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1383"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1383</a> + + <li> tiff2pdf.c: Do not assume inches when the resolution units + do not specified. As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366</a> + + <li> tiffset.c: Properly handle tags with TIFF_VARIABLE writecount. + As per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350</a> + + <li> tif2rgba.c: This utility does not work properly on big-endian + architectures. It was fixed including the bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149</a> + + <li> tiff2pdf.c: Fix handling of -q values. + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587</a> + + <li> tiffcmp.c: Fixed floating point comparison logic as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1191"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1191</a> + + <li> tiff2pdf.c: Fixed buffer overflow condition in + t2p_write_pdf_string() as per bug + <a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1196"> + http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1196</a> + +</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> contrib/addtiffo/tif_overview.c: Fix problems with odd sized + output blocks in TIFF_DownSample_Subsampled() (bug 1542). + + <li> contrib/dbs/xtiff/xtiff.c: Make xtiff utility compilable. + Though it is still far from the state of being working and useful. + +</UL> + +Last updated $Date: 2009-08-20 22:57:39 $. + +</BODY> +</HTML> |