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<B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0beta2<BR>
<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.7.0beta.html>v3.7.0beta</a><BR>
<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff">
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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:
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<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>
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<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A>

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	<li> The code has been reviewed by Dmitry Levin: added checks
	for values, returned by the space allocation functions, fixed
	problems with the possible integer overflows.

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<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>

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	<li> Several fixes in the test suite.
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<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>

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	<li> Preliminary support for BigTIFF files: now libtiff can
	recognize and reject to open such images. ;-)

	<li> libtiff/tif_dirinfo.c: changed type of XMLPacket (tag 700) to
	TIFFTAG_BYTE instead of TIFFTAG_UNDEFINED to comply with the info
	in the Adobe XMP Specification.

	<li> Added many checks for integer overflow and for successful space
	allocations in the different parts of library. Code review
	completed by Dmitry V. Levin.

	<li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_compress.c}: Added
	TIFFGetConfiguredCODECs()function to get the list of configured codecs.

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<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>

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	<li> tiff2bw: Write ImageWidth/Height tags to output file, as
	noted by Gennady Khokhorin.

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<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>

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	<li> No changes.

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<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
KIT:</B></A>
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	<li> This one is not longer needed.

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	2	<HEAD>
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	4	Changes in TIFF v3.7.0beta2
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	6	</HEAD>
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	8	<BODY BGCOLOR=white>
	9	<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans">
	10	<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans">
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	12	<BASEFONT SIZE=4>
	13	<B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B>
	14	<BASEFONT SIZE=3>
	15
	16	<UL>
	17	<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	18	<B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0beta2<BR>
	19	<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.7.0beta.html>v3.7.0beta</a><BR>
	20	<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff">
	21	ftp.remotesensing.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR>
	22	<B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff">
	23	http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff</a>
	24	<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	25	</UL>
	26
	27	<P>
	28	This document describes the changes made to the software between the
	29	<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above).
	30	If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
	31	timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
	32	The 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>
	41	<p>
	42	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	43
	44	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	45
	46	<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A>
	47
	48	<UL>
	49
	50	<li> The code has been reviewed by Dmitry Levin: added checks
	51	for values, returned by the space allocation functions, fixed
	52	problems with the possible integer overflows.
	53
	54	</UL>
	55
	56
	57	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	58	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	59
	60	<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
	61
	62	<UL>
	63	<li> Several fixes in the test suite.
	64	</UL>
	65
	66	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	67
	68	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	69
	70	<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
	71
	72	<UL>
	73
	74	<li> Preliminary support for BigTIFF files: now libtiff can
	75	recognize and reject to open such images. ;-)
	76
	77	<li> libtiff/tif_dirinfo.c: changed type of XMLPacket (tag 700) to
	78	TIFFTAG_BYTE instead of TIFFTAG_UNDEFINED to comply with the info
	79	in the Adobe XMP Specification.
	80
	81	<li> Added many checks for integer overflow and for successful space
	82	allocations in the different parts of library. Code review
	83	completed by Dmitry V. Levin.
	84
	85	<li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_compress.c}: Added
	86	TIFFGetConfiguredCODECs()function to get the list of configured codecs.
	87
	88	</UL>
	89
	90	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	91
	92	<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	93
	94	<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
	95
	96	<UL>
	97	<li> tiff2bw: Write ImageWidth/Height tags to output file, as
	98	noted by Gennady Khokhorin.
	99
	100	</UL>
	101
	102	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	103
	104	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	105
	106	<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>
	107
	108	<UL>
	109
	110	<li> No changes.
	111
	112	</UL>
	113
	114	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	115
	116	<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
	117	KIT:</B></A>
	118	<UL>
	119
	120	<li> This one is not longer needed.
	121
	122	</UL>
	123
	124	<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR>
	125
	126	<HR>
	127
	128	Last updated $Date: 2006/03/18 17:12:47 $.
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