src/png/ANNOUNCE

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   2 Libpng 1.4.4 - September 23, 2010
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   4 This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production codes.
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   6 Files available for download:
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   8 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
   9 "configure" script
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  11    libpng-1.4.4.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
  12    libpng-1.4.4.tar.gz
  13    libpng-1.4.4.tar.bz2
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  15 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
  16 "configure" script
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  18    lpng144.zip
  19    lpng144.7z
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  21 Other information:
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  23    libpng-1.4.4-README.txt
  24    libpng-1.4.4-LICENSE.txt
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  26 Changes since the last public release (1.4.3):
  27   Removed extraneous new_push_process_row.c file.
  28   Revised the "SEE ALSO" style of libpng.3, libpngpf.3, and png.5
  29   Removed some newly-added TAB characters from pngpread.c.
  30   Fixed some indentation in pngpread.c and pngrutil.c
  31   Changed "extern PNG_EXPORT" to "PNG_EXPORT" in png.h (Jan Nijtmans)
  32   Changed "extern" to "PNG_EXTERN" in pngpriv.h (except for the 'extern "C" {')
  33   Put "#ifndef PNG_EXTERN, #endif" around "#define PNG_EXTERN" in pngpriv.h
  34   Added -DNO_PNG_SNPRINTF to CFLAGS in scripts/makefile.dj2
  35   Moved the definition of png_snprintf() outside of the enclosing
  36     #ifdef blocks in pngconf.h
  37   Made a special case "#define PNGAPI" in pngconf.h for WATCOM.
  38   Removed reference to cbuilder5/* from Makefile.in and Makefile.am
  39   Updated the read macros and functions from 1.5.0beta38.
  40   Updated projects/visualc71 so it can find scripts/pnglibconf.h
  41   Removed unused png_mem_* defines from pngconf.h.
  42   Correct use of _WINDOWS_ in pngconf.h
  43   Don't try to use version-script with cygwin/mingw.
  44   Revised contrib/gregbook to work under cygwin/mingw.
  45   Updated prebuilt aclocal.m4 and ltmain.sh
  46   Add .dll.a to the list of extensions to be symlinked by Makefile.am (Yaakov)
  47   Updated CMakelists.txt to use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable; useful for
  48     installing libpng in /usr/lib64 (Funda Wang).
  49   Revised CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
  50   Revised CMakeLists.txt to make symlinks instead of copies when installing.
  51   Moved "#include pngusr.h" ahead of PNG_USER_PRIVATEBUILD test in pngconf.h
  52   Eliminated a deprecated reference to png_ptr->io_ptr in pngtest.c
  53   Eliminated new unnecessary #if tests regarding the sCAL chunk from pngrutil.c
  54   Updated the xcode project to work with libpng-1.4.x and added iOS targets
  55     for simulator and device (Philippe Hausler).
  56   Revised autogen.sh to recognize and use $AUTOCONF, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOHEADER,
  57     $AUTOPOINT, $ACLOCAL and $LIBTOOLIZE
  58   Rebuilt configure scripts with automake-1.11.1 instead of automake-1.11.
  59   Removed unused mkinstalldirs file.
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  61 Send comments/corrections/commendations to glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
  62 or to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net (subscription required; visit
  63 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-implement).
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  65 Glenn R-P