ANNOUNCE

Libpng 1.2.25rc02 - February 10, 2008

This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.

Files available for download:

Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
"configure" script

   libpng-1.2.25rc02.tar.gz
   libpng-1.2.25rc02.tar.lzma
     (Get the lzma codec from <http://tukaani.org/lzma>).
   libpng-1.2.25rc02.tar.bz2

Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) without the
"configure" script

   libpng-1.2.25rc02-no-config.tar.gz
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-no-config.tar.lzma
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-no-config.tar.bz2

Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
"configure" script

   lp1225r02.zip
   lp1225r02.7z
   lp1225r02.tar.bz2

Project files

   libpng-1.2.25rc02-project-netware.zip
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-project-wince.zip

Other information:

   libpng-1.2.25rc02-README.txt
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-KNOWNBUGS.txt
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-LICENSE.txt
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-Y2K-compliance.txt
   libpng-1.2.25rc02-[previous version]-diff.txt

Changes since the last public release (1.2.23):


version 1.2.24beta01 [November 19, 2007]
  Moved misplaced test for malloc failure in png_set_sPLT().  This bug was
    introduced in libpng-1.2.20beta01.
  Ifdef out avg_row etc from png.h and pngwrite.c when PNG_NO_WRITE_FILTER
  Do not use png_ptr->free_fn and png_ptr->mem_fn in png_destroy_read_struct()
    when png_ptr is NULL (Marshall Clow).
  Updated handling of symbol prefixes in Makefile.am and configure.ac (Mike
    Frysinger).

version 1.2.24beta02 [November 30, 2007]
  Removed a useless test and fixed incorrect test in png_set_cHRM_fixed()
    (David Hill).

version 1.2.24rc01 [December 7, 2007]
  No changes.

version 1.2.24     [December 14, 2007]]
  Make sure not to redefine _BSD_SOURCE in pngconf.h
  Revised gather.sh and makefile.std in contrib/pngminim to avoid compiling
    unused files.

version 1.2.25beta01 [January 7, 2008]
  Fixed bug with unknown chunk handling, introduced in version 1.2.17rc2

version 1.2.25beta02 [January 10, 2008]
  Prevent gamma from being applied twice.

version 1.2.25rc01 [January 17, 2008]
  No changes.

version 1.2.25beta03 [January 22, 2008]
  Fixed some continue-after-malloc-failure errors in pngset.c (David Hill)
  Check for info_ptr == NULL in png_read_info() and png_process_data().
  Check for possible use of NULL user_png_ver[] in png_create_read_struct().
  Return from png_destroy_read_struct() if png_ptr_ptr is NULL.
  Fix overflow of "msg" in png_decompres_chunk().

version 1.2.25beta04 [January 26, 2008]
  Work around Coverity bug report by slightly refactoring
    png_read_push_finish_row()

version 1.2.25beta05 [January 31, 2008]
  Added libpng-1.2.25beta05.tar.lzma to distribution.  Get the lzma codec
    from <http://tukaani.org/lzma>.
  Added lp1225b05.7z to distribution.  Get the 7-zip decoder from
    from <http://www.7-zip.org>.
  Fixed some broken links in the README file.

version 1.2.25beta06 [February 6, 2008]
  Refactored png_read_push_finish_row() again, trying to satisfy Coverity.
  Fixed potential NULL dereference of png_ptr in png_destroy_write_struct();
  clarified potential NULL dereference of png_ptr in png_destroy_read_struct();
  fixed potential NULL dereference of info_ptr in png_handle_bKGD();
  fixed potential NULL dereference of user_png_ver[] in
    png_create_write_struct_2(). (Coverity)

version 1.2.25rc02 [February 10, 2008]
  Reset png_ptr->pass in png_read_push_finish_row() before break.
  Changed "pass" from png_byte to int.

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