TIFF CHANGE INFORMATION
This document describes the changes made to the software between the
previous and current 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:
MAJOR CHANGES:
- LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
compression kit anymore.
- bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
into TIFFs.
- The first attempt to implement a test suite.
CHANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:
- Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
CHANGES IN LIBTIFF:
- libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.
- BSD data types (u_char, u_short, u_int, u_long) is no longer
used internally in the libtiff. Should result in simpler configuration
and better portability.
- libtiff/tiff.h: Fix column tagging. Reference current Adobe XMP
specification. Reference libtiff bug tracking system to submit
private tag additions.
- libtiff/tif_dirread.c: Don't reject to read tags of the
SamplesPerPixel size when the tag count is greater than number of
samples as per bug
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576.
- libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_open.c}: Applied patches from
Joris Van Damme to avoid requirement for tiffiop.h inclusion in
some applications. Look for details here:
http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html.
- libtiff/{tiffiop.h, tif_dirinfo.c}: Fixed problem with the static
variable as per bug
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593.
- libtiff/tif_lzw.c: LZW compression code is merged back from the
separate package. All libtiff tools are updated to not advertise an
abcence of LZW support.
- libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.
CHANGES IN THE TOOLS:
- tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
properly initialize array in PSDataBW().
- tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.
- ras2tiff: Fixed issue with missed big-endian checks as per bug
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586.
- bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
into TIFFs.
CHANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:
CHANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
KIT:
- This one is not longer needed.
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Last updated $Date: 2006/03/18 17:12:47 $.