ANNOUNCE

Libpng 1.4.0beta14 - November 14, 2006

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

   1.4.0beta14.tar.gz
   1.4.0beta14.tar.bz2

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

   1.4.0beta14-no-config.tar.gz
   1.4.0beta14-no-config.tar.bz2

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

   lp140b14.zip
   lp140b14.tar.bz2

Other information:

   1.4.0beta14-README.txt
   1.4.0beta14-KNOWNBUGS.txt
   1.4.0beta14-LICENSE.txt
   1.4.0beta14-Y2K-compliance.txt

Changes since the last public release (1.2.10):

version 1.2.10beta1 [April 15, 2006]
  Renamed "config.h" to "png_conf.h" and revised Makefile.am to add
    -DPNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG to compile directive, and modified pngconf.h
    to include png_conf.h only when PNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG is defined.

version 1.2.10beta2 [April 15, 2006]
  Manually updated Makefile.in and configure.  Changed png_conf.h.in
    back to config.h.

version 1.2.10beta3 [April 15, 2006]
  Change png_conf.h back to config.h in pngconf.h.

version 1.2.10beta4 [April 16, 2006]
  Change PNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG to PNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG in config/Makefile*.

version 1.2.10beta5 [April 16, 2006]
  Added a configure check for compiling assembler code in pnggccrd.c

version 1.2.10beta6 [April 17, 2006]
  Revised the configure check for pnggccrd.c
  Moved -DPNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG into @LIBPNG_DEFINES@
  Added @LIBPNG_DEFINES@ to arguments when building libpng.sym

version 1.2.10beta7 [April 18, 2006]
  Change "exec_prefix=$prefix" to "exec_prefix=$(prefix)" in makefiles.

version 1.2.10rc1 [April 19, 2006]
  Ensure pngconf.h doesn't define both PNG_USE_PNGGCCRD and PNG_USE_PNGVCRD
  Fixed "LN_FS" typo in makefile.sco and makefile.solaris.

version 1.2.10rc2 [April 19, 2006]
  Added a backslash between -DPNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG and -DPNG_NO_ASSEMBLER_CODE
    in configure.ac
  Made the configure warning about versioned symbols less arrogant.

version 1.2.10rc3 [April 20, 2006]
  Added a note in libpng.txt that png_set_sig_bytes(8) can be used when
    writing an embedded PNG without the 8-byte signature.

version 1.4.0beta1 [April 20, 2006]
  Enabled iTXt support (changes png_struct, thus requires so-number change).
  Cleaned up PNG_ASSEMBLER_CODE_SUPPORTED vs PNG_MMX_CODE_SUPPORTED
  Eliminated PNG_1_0_X and PNG_1_2_X macros.
  Removed deprecated functions png_read_init, png_write_init, png_info_init,
    png_permit_empty_plte, png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8, and removed the
    deprecated macro PNG_MAX_UINT.
  Moved "PNG_INTERNAL" parts of png.h and pngconf.h into pngintrn.h
  Removed many WIN32_WCE #ifdefs (Cosmin).
  Reduced dependency on C-runtime library when on Windows (Simon-Pierre)
  Replaced sprintf() with png_sprintf() (Simon-Pierre)

version 1.4.0beta2 [April 20, 2006]
  Revised makefiles to avoid making links to libpng.so.*
  Moved some leftover MMX-related defines from pngconf.h to pngintrn.h
  Updated scripts/pngos2.def, pngw32.def, and projects/wince/png32ce.def
  Updated scripts/pngw32.def to comment out MMX functions.

version 1.2.11beta1 [May 31, 2006]
  scripts/libpng.pc.in contained "configure" style version info and would
    not work with makefiles.
  The shared-library makefiles were linking to libpng.so.0 instead of
    libpng.so.3 compatibility as the library.

version 1.4.0beta3 [May 10, 2006]
  Updated scripts/pngw32.def to comment out MMX functions.
  Added PNG_NO_GET_INT_32 and PNG_NO_SAVE_INT_32 macros.
  Revised pngconf.h and added pngconf.h.in so makefiles and configure can
    pass defines to libpng and applications.

version 1.4.0beta4 [May 11, 2006]
  Revised configure.ac, Makefile.am, and many of the makefiles to write
    their defines in pngconf.h.

version 1.4.0beta5 [May 15, 2006]
  Added a missing semicolon in Makefile.am and Makefile.in
  Deleted extraneous square brackets from configure.ac

version 1.2.11beta2 [June 2, 2006]
  Increased sprintf buffer from 50 to 52 chars in pngrutil.c to avoid
    buffer overflow.
  Fixed bug in example.c (png_set_palette_rgb -> png_set_palette_to_rgb))

version 1.4.0beta6 [June 2, 2006]
  Changed sonum from 0 to 1.
  Removed unused prototype for png_check_sig() from png.h

version 1.2.11beta3 [June 5, 2006]
  Prepended "#! /bin/sh" to ltmail.sh and contrib/pngminus/*.sh (Cosmin).
  Removed the accidental leftover Makefile.in~ (Cosmin).
  Avoided potential buffer overflow and optimized buffer in
    png_write_sCAL(), png_write_sCAL_s() (Cosmin).
  Removed the include directories and libraries from CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
    in scripts/makefile.gcc (Nelson A. de Oliveira, Cosmin).

version 1.2.11beta4 [June 6, 2006]
  Allow zero-length IDAT chunks after the entire zlib datastream, but not
    after another intervening chunk type.

version 1.2.11rc2 [June 14, 2006]
  Added prototypes for PNG_INCH_CONVERSIONS functions to png.h
  Revised INSTALL and autogen.sh
  Fixed typo in several makefiles (-W1 should be -Wl)

version 1.2.11rc3 [June 15, 2006]
  Added one zero element to png_gamma_shift[] array in pngrtran.c to avoid
    reading out of bounds.

version 1.4.0beta7 [June 16, 2006]
  Exported png_write_sig (Cosmin).
  Optimized buffer in png_handle_cHRM() (Cosmin).
  Set pHYs = 2835 x 2835 pixels per meter, and added
    sCAL = 0.352778e-3 x 0.352778e-3 meters, in pngtest.png (Cosmin).
  Added png_set_benign_errors(), png_benign_error(), png_chunk_benign_error().
  Added typedef for png_int_32 and png_uint_32 on 64-bit systems.

version 1.4.0beta8 [June 21, 2006]
  Added demonstration of user chunk support in pngtest.c, to support the
    public sTER chunk and a private vpAg chunk.

version 1.4.0beta9 [July 3, 2006]
  Removed ordinals from scripts/pngw32.def and removed png_info_int and
    png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8 entries.
  Inline call of png_get_uint_32() in png_get_uint_31().
  Use png_get_uint_31() to get vpAg width and height in pngtest.c
  Removed WINCE and Netware projects.
  Removed standalone Y2KINFO file.

version 1.4.0beta10 [July 12, 2006]
  Added "all: pngconf.h.in pngconf.h" target to Makefile.am

version 1.4.0beta11 [August 19, 2006]
  Removed AC_FUNC_MALLOC from configure.ac.
  Added a warning when writing iCCP profile with mismatched profile length.
  Patched pnggccrd.c to assemble on x86_64 platforms.
  Moved chunk header reading into a separate function png_read_chunk_header()
    in pngrutil.c.  The chunk header (len+sig) is now serialized in a single
    operation (Cosmin).
  Implemented support for I/O states. Added png_ptr member io_state, and
    functions png_get_io_chunk_name() and png_get_io_state() in pngget.c
    (Cosmin).
  Added png_get_io_chunk_name and png_get_io_state to scripts/*.def (Cosmin).
  Renamed scripts/pngw32.* to scripts/pngwin.* (Cosmin).
  Removed the include directories and libraries from CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
    in scripts/makefile.gcc (Cosmin).
  Used png_save_uint_32() to set vpAg width and height in pngtest.c (Cosmin).
  Cast to proper type when getting/setting vpAg units in pngtest.c (Cosmin).
  Added pngintrn.h to the Visual C++ projects (Cosmin).
  Removed scripts/list (Cosmin).
  Updated copyright year in scripts/pngwin.def (Cosmin).
  Removed PNG_TYPECAST_NULL and used standard NULL consistently (Cosmin).
  Disallowed the user to redefine png_size_t, and enforced a consistent use
    of png_size_t across libpng (Cosmin).
  Changed the type of png_ptr->rowbytes, PNG_ROWBYTES() and friends
    to png_size_t (Cosmin).
  Removed png_convert_size() and replaced png_sizeof with sizeof (Cosmin).
  Removed some unnecessary type casts (Cosmin).
  Changed prototype of png_get_compression_buffer_size() and
    png_set_compression_buffer_size() to work with png_size_t instead of
    png_uint_32 (Cosmin).
  Removed png_memcpy_check() and png_memset_check() (Cosmin).
  Fixed a typo (png_byte --> png_bytep) in libpng.3 and libpng.txt (Cosmin).
  Clarified that png_zalloc() does not clear the allocated memory,
    and png_zalloc() and png_zfree() cannot be PNGAPI (Cosmin).
  Renamed png_mem_size_t to png_alloc_size_t, fixed its definition in
    pngconf.h, and used it in all memory allocation functions (Cosmin).
  Renamed pngintrn.h to pngpriv.h, added a comment at the top of the file
    mentioning that the symbols declared in that file are private, and
    updated the scripts and the Visual C++ projects accordingly (Cosmin).
  Removed circular references between pngconf.h and pngconf.h.in in
    scripts/makefile.vc*win32 (Cosmin).
  Removing trailing '.' from the warning and error messages (Cosmin).
  Added pngdefs.h that is built by makefile or configure, instead of
    pngconf.h.in (Glenn).
  Detect and fix attempt to write wrong iCCP profile length.

version 1.4.0beta12 [October 19, 2006]
  Changed "logical" to "bitwise" in the documentation.
  Work around Intel-Mac compiler bug by setting PNG_NO_MMX_CODE in pngconf.h
  Add a typecast to stifle compiler warning in pngrutil.c

version 1.4.0beta13 [November 10, 2006]
  Fix potential buffer overflow in sPLT chunk handler.
  Fix Makefile.am to not try to link to noexistent files.

version 1.4.0beta14 [November 14, 2006]
  Check all exported functions for NULL png_ptr.

version 1.4.0betaN [future]
  Build shared libraries with -lz and sometimes -lm.

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