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<B>Current Version</B>: v3.7.0beta<BR>
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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> LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
	compression kit anymore.

	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
	into TIFFs.

	<li> The first attempt to implement a test suite.
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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> Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
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<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>

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	<li> libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
	overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.

	<li> 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.

	<li> libtiff/tiff.h: Fix column tagging. Reference current Adobe XMP
	specification. Reference libtiff bug tracking system to submit
	private tag additions.

	<li> 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
	<A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576">
		http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576</A>.

	<li> 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:
	<A HREF="http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html">
		http://www.asmail.be/msg0054799560.html</A>.

	<li> libtiff/{tiffiop.h, tif_dirinfo.c}: Fixed problem with the static
	variable as per bug
	<A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593">
		http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593</A>.

	<li> 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.

	<li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
	when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.

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

<UL>
	<li> tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
	properly initialize array in PSDataBW().

	<li> tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.

	<li> ras2tiff:  Fixed issue with missed big-endian checks as per bug
	</A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586">
		 http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586</A>.

	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
	into TIFFs.

</UL>

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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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	1	<HTML>
	2	<HEAD>
	3	<TITLE>
	4	Changes in TIFF v3.7.0beta
	5	</TITLE>
	6	</HEAD>
	7
	8	<BODY BGCOLOR=white>
	9	<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans">
	10	<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans">
	11
	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>: v3.7.0beta<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://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	<li> LZW compression enabled by default. You don't need the separate
	50	compression kit anymore.
	51
	52	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
	53	into TIFFs.
	54
	55	<li> The first attempt to implement a test suite.
	56	</ul>
	57
	58
	59	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	60	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	61
	62	<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
	63
	64	<UL>
	65	<li> Many portability fixes in the new autotooled build suite.
	66	</UL>
	67
	68	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	69
	70	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	71
	72	<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
	73
	74	<UL>
	75	<li> libtiff/{tif_luv.c, tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c}: Several buffer
	76	overruns fixed, as noted by Chris Evans.
	77
	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.
	81
	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.
	85
	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>.
	91
	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>.
	97
	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>.
	102
	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.
	106
	107	<li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Call TIFFError() instead of producing warnings
	108	when setting custom tags by value. Reported by Eric Fieleke.
	109
	110	</UL>
	111
	112	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	113
	114	<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	115
	116	<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
	117
	118	<UL>
	119	<li> tiff2ps: Avoid zero division in setupPageState() function;
	120	properly initialize array in PSDataBW().
	121
	122	<li> tiff2pdf: Multiple bugfixes.
	123
	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>.
	127
	128	<li> bmp2tiff: Added new utility to convert Windows BMP files
	129	into TIFFs.
	130
	131	</UL>
	132
	133	<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
	134
	135	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	136
	137	<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A>
	138
	139	<UL>
	140
	141	<li> No changes.
	142
	143	</UL>
	144
	145	<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
	146
	147	<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
	148	KIT:</B></A>
	149	<UL>
	150
	151	<li> This one is not longer needed.
	152
	153	</UL>
	154
	155	<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR>
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