src/jpeg/change.log

   1 CHANGE LOG for Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software
   2
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   4 Version 6b  27-Mar-1998
   5 -----------------------
   6
   7 jpegtran has new features for lossless image transformations (rotation
   8 and flipping) as well as "lossless" reduction to grayscale.
   9
  10 jpegtran now copies comments by default; it has a -copy switch to enable
  11 copying all APPn blocks as well, or to suppress comments.  (Formerly it
  12 always suppressed comments and APPn blocks.)  jpegtran now also preserves
  13 JFIF version and resolution information.
  14
  15 New decompressor library feature: COM and APPn markers found in the input
  16 file can be saved in memory for later use by the application.  (Before,
  17 you had to code this up yourself with a custom marker processor.)
  18
  19 There is an unused field "void * client_data" now in compress and decompress
  20 parameter structs; this may be useful in some applications.
  21
  22 JFIF version number information is now saved by the decoder and accepted by
  23 the encoder.  jpegtran uses this to copy the source file's version number,
  24 to ensure "jpegtran -copy all" won't create bogus files that contain JFXX
  25 extensions but claim to be version 1.01.  Applications that generate their
  26 own JFXX extension markers also (finally) have a supported way to cause the
  27 encoder to emit JFIF version number 1.02.
  28
  29 djpeg's trace mode reports JFIF 1.02 thumbnail images as such, rather
  30 than as unknown APP0 markers.
  31
  32 In -verbose mode, djpeg and rdjpgcom will try to print the contents of
  33 APP12 markers as text.  Some digital cameras store useful text information
  34 in APP12 markers.
  35
  36 Handling of truncated data streams is more robust: blocks beyond the one in
  37 which the error occurs will be output as uniform gray, or left unchanged
  38 if decoding a progressive JPEG.  The appearance no longer depends on the
  39 Huffman tables being used.
  40
  41 Huffman tables are checked for validity much more carefully than before.
  42
  43 To avoid the Unisys LZW patent, djpeg's GIF output capability has been
  44 changed to produce "uncompressed GIFs", and cjpeg's GIF input capability
  45 has been removed altogether.  We're not happy about it either, but there
  46 seems to be no good alternative.
  47
  48 The configure script now supports building libjpeg as a shared library
  49 on many flavors of Unix (all the ones that GNU libtool knows how to
  50 build shared libraries for).  Use "./configure --enable-shared" to
  51 try this out.
  52
  53 New jconfig file and makefiles for Microsoft Visual C++ and Developer Studio.
  54 Also, a jconfig file and a build script for Metrowerks CodeWarrior
  55 on Apple Macintosh.  makefile.dj has been updated for DJGPP v2, and there
  56 are miscellaneous other minor improvements in the makefiles.
  57
  58 jmemmac.c now knows how to create temporary files following Mac System 7
  59 conventions.
  60
  61 djpeg's -map switch is now able to read raw-format PPM files reliably.
  62
  63 cjpeg -progressive -restart no longer generates any unnecessary DRI markers.
  64
  65 Multiple calls to jpeg_simple_progression for a single JPEG object
  66 no longer leak memory.
  67
  68
  69 Version 6a  7-Feb-96
  70 --------------------
  71
  72 Library initialization sequence modified to detect version mismatches
  73 and struct field packing mismatches between library and calling application.
  74 This change requires applications to be recompiled, but does not require
  75 any application source code change.
  76
  77 All routine declarations changed to the style "GLOBAL(type) name ...",
  78 that is, GLOBAL, LOCAL, METHODDEF, EXTERN are now macros taking the
  79 routine's return type as an argument.  This makes it possible to add
  80 Microsoft-style linkage keywords to all the routines by changing just
  81 these macros.  Note that any application code that was using these macros
  82 will have to be changed.
  83
  84 DCT coefficient quantization tables are now stored in normal array order
  85 rather than zigzag order.  Application code that calls jpeg_add_quant_table,
  86 or otherwise manipulates quantization tables directly, will need to be
  87 changed.  If you need to make such code work with either older or newer
  88 versions of the library, a test like "#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION >= 61" is
  89 recommended.
  90
  91 djpeg's trace capability now dumps DQT tables in natural order, not zigzag
  92 order.  This allows the trace output to be made into a "-qtables" file
  93 more easily.
  94
  95 New system-dependent memory manager module for use on Apple Macintosh.
  96
  97 Fix bug in cjpeg's -smooth option: last one or two scanlines would be
  98 duplicates of the prior line unless the image height mod 16 was 1 or 2.
  99
 100 Repair minor problems in VMS, BCC, MC6 makefiles.
 101
 102 New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
 103
 104 Correct the list of include files needed by MetroWerks C for ccommand().
 105
 106 Numerous small documentation updates.
 107
 108
 109 Version 6  2-Aug-95
 110 -------------------
 111
 112 Progressive JPEG support: library can read and write full progressive JPEG
 113 files.  A "buffered image" mode supports incremental decoding for on-the-fly
 114 display of progressive images.  Simply recompiling an existing IJG-v5-based
 115 decoder with v6 should allow it to read progressive files, though of course
 116 without any special progressive display.
 117
 118 New "jpegtran" application performs lossless transcoding between different
 119 JPEG formats; primarily, it can be used to convert baseline to progressive
 120 JPEG and vice versa.  In support of jpegtran, the library now allows lossless
 121 reading and writing of JPEG files as DCT coefficient arrays.  This ability
 122 may be of use in other applications.
 123
 124 Notes for programmers:
 125 * We changed jpeg_start_decompress() to be able to suspend; this makes all
 126 decoding modes available to suspending-input applications.  However,
 127 existing applications that use suspending input will need to be changed
 128 to check the return value from jpeg_start_decompress().  You don't need to
 129 do anything if you don't use a suspending data source.
 130 * We changed the interface to the virtual array routines: access_virt_array
 131 routines now take a count of the number of rows to access this time.  The
 132 last parameter to request_virt_array routines is now interpreted as the
 133 maximum number of rows that may be accessed at once, but not necessarily
 134 the height of every access.
 135
 136
 137 Version 5b  15-Mar-95
 138 ---------------------
 139
 140 Correct bugs with grayscale images having v_samp_factor > 1.
 141
 142 jpeg_write_raw_data() now supports output suspension.
 143
 144 Correct bugs in "configure" script for case of compiling in
 145 a directory other than the one containing the source files.
 146
 147 Repair bug in jquant1.c: sometimes didn't use as many colors as it could.
 148
 149 Borland C makefile and jconfig file work under either MS-DOS or OS/2.
 150
 151 Miscellaneous improvements to documentation.
 152
 153
 154 Version 5a  7-Dec-94
 155 --------------------
 156
 157 Changed color conversion roundoff behavior so that grayscale values are
 158 represented exactly.  (This causes test image files to change.)
 159
 160 Make ordered dither use 16x16 instead of 4x4 pattern for a small quality
 161 improvement.
 162
 163 New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
 164 Fix configure script to handle CFLAGS correctly.
 165 Rename *.auto files to *.cfg, so that configure script still works if
 166 file names have been truncated for DOS.
 167
 168 Fix bug in rdbmp.c: didn't allow for extra data between header and image.
 169
 170 Modify rdppm.c/wrppm.c to handle 2-byte raw PPM/PGM formats for 12-bit data.
 171
 172 Fix several bugs in rdrle.c.
 173
 174 NEED_SHORT_EXTERNAL_NAMES option was broken.
 175
 176 Revise jerror.h/jerror.c for more flexibility in message table.
 177
 178 Repair oversight in jmemname.c NO_MKTEMP case: file could be there
 179 but unreadable.
 180
 181
 182 Version 5  24-Sep-94
 183 --------------------
 184
 185 Version 5 represents a nearly complete redesign and rewrite of the IJG
 186 software.  Major user-visible changes include:
 187   * Automatic configuration simplifies installation for most Unix systems.
 188   * A range of speed vs. image quality tradeoffs are supported.
 189     This includes resizing of an image during decompression: scaling down
 190     by a factor of 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 is handled very efficiently.
 191   * New programs rdjpgcom and wrjpgcom allow insertion and extraction
 192     of text comments in a JPEG file.
 193
 194 The application programmer's interface to the library has changed completely.
 195 Notable improvements include:
 196   * We have eliminated the use of callback routines for handling the
 197     uncompressed image data.  The application now sees the library as a
 198     set of routines that it calls to read or write image data on a
 199     scanline-by-scanline basis.
 200   * The application image data is represented in a conventional interleaved-
 201     pixel format, rather than as a separate array for each color channel.
 202     This can save a copying step in many programs.
 203   * The handling of compressed data has been cleaned up: the application can
 204     supply routines to source or sink the compressed data.  It is possible to
 205     suspend processing on source/sink buffer overrun, although this is not
 206     supported in all operating modes.
 207   * All static state has been eliminated from the library, so that multiple
 208     instances of compression or decompression can be active concurrently.
 209   * JPEG abbreviated datastream formats are supported, ie, quantization and
 210     Huffman tables can be stored separately from the image data.
 211   * And not only that, but the documentation of the library has improved
 212     considerably!
 213
 214
 215 The last widely used release before the version 5 rewrite was version 4A of
 216 18-Feb-93.  Change logs before that point have been discarded, since they
 217 are not of much interest after the rewrite.