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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://download.osgeo.org/libtiff">
21download.osgeo.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR>
22<B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/">
23http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/</a>
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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:
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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>
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46<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A>
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49	<li> LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
50	compression kit anymore.
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52	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
53	into TIFFs.
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55	<li> The first attempt to implement a test suite.
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62<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
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65	<li> Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
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72<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
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75	<li> libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
76	overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.
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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.
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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.
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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>.
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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>.
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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>.
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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.
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107	<li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
108	when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.
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116<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
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119	<li> tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
120	properly initialize array in PSDataBW().
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122	<li> tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.
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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>.
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128	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
129	into TIFFs.
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137<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>
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141	<li> No changes.
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147<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
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151	<li> This one is not longer needed.
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