libpng/ANNOUNCE

Libpng 1.0.9beta1 - November 10, 2000

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.
  Relocated "msvc" and "wince" project subdirectories into "dll" subdirectory.
  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().

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

Glenn R-P