
Libpng 1.0.9beta8 - January 12, 2001

This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production codes.

Changes since the last public release (1.0.8):

  Fixed typo in scripts/makefile.hpux
  Fixed seqence-point bug in contrib/pngminus/png2pnm (Martin Zinser)
  Updated makevms.com in scripts and contrib/* and contrib/* (Martin Zinser)
  Changed "cdrom.com" in documentation to "libpng.org"
  Revised pnggccrd.c to get it all working, and updated makefile.gcmmx (Greg).
  Changed type of "params" from voidp to png_voidp in png_read|write_png().
  Added MNG_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED macro and support for some proposed MNG
     features, for testing purposes.
  Make sure PNGAPI and PNG_IMPEXP are defined in pngconf.h.
  Revised the 3 instances of WRITEFILE in pngtest.c.
  Updated png.rc in dll/msvc project
  Revised makefile.dec to define and use LIBPATH and INCPATH
  Increased size of global png_libpng_ver[] array from 12 to 18 chars.
  Made global png_libpng_ver[], png_sig[] and png_pass_*[] arrays const.
  Removed duplicate png_crc_finish() from png_handle_bKGD() function.
  Added a warning when application calls png_read_update_info() multiple times.
  Revised makefile.cygwin
  Fixed bugs in iCCP support in pngrutil.c and pngwutil.c.
  Replaced png_set_empty_plte_permitted() with png_permit_mng_features().
  Relocated "msvc" and "wince" project subdirectories into "projects"
    subdirectory and added projects/borland project subdirectory.
  Set VS_FF_PRERELEASE and VS_FF_PATCHED flags in msvc/png.rc when appropriate.
  Add error message in png_set_compression_buffer_size() when malloc fails.
  Revised PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_TYPE macro in png.h, used in the msvc project.
  Removed the png_flush() in pngwrite.c that crashes some applications
    that don't set png_output_flush_fn.
  Added makefile.macosx and makefile.aix to scripts directory.
  Change png_chunk_warning to png_warning in png_check_keyword().
  Increased the first part of msg buffer from 16 to 18 in png_chunk_error().
  Added support for filter method 64 (for PNG datastreams embedded in MNG)
  Revised png_set_filter() to accept filter method 64 when appropriate.
  Added new PNG_HAVE_PNG_SIGNATURE bit to png_ptr->mode and use it to
    help prevent applications from using MNG features in PNG datastreams.
  Revised libpng.3/libpng.txt.  Changed "filter type" to "filter method".
  Fixed error handling of unknown compression type in png_decompress_chunk().
  In pngconf.h, define __cdecl when _MSC_VER is defined.
  Changed PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_zTXt to PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_BASE several places.
  Revised memory management in png_set_hIST and png_handle_hIST in a backward
    compatible manner.  PLTE and tRNS were revised similarly.
  Revised the iCCP chunk reader to ignore trailing garbage.
  Moved pngasmrd.h into pngconf.h.
  Improved handling of out-of-spec garbage iCCP chunks generated by PhotoShop.

Send comments/corrections/commendations to
png-implement@ccrc.wustl.edu or to randeg@alum.rpi.edu

Glenn R-P