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   31.0.10 (Jul 13th 2007)
   4----------------------
   5
   6in short:
   7
   8intermediate CVS
   9
  10-------------------
  11
  12bugfixes:
  13
  14core:
  15- fixed some compiler-warnings
  16- fixed display routines called twice for FULL_MNG support in mozlibmngconf.h
  17- standard windows dll upgraded to zlib 1.2.3
  18- fixed problem with CLON object during readdisplay() (thanks Winfried!)
  19- added typecast to appease the compiler (G R-P)
  20- added more SKIPCHUNK conditionals (G R-P)
  21- added MORE MNG_NO_1_2_4BIT_SUPPORT (G R-P)
  22- added provisional support for anIM(mpNG) proposal
  23- added provisional support for ANG proposal
  24
  25samples:
  26- xmngview upgraded to 0.6 (thanks Winfried!)
  27
  28contrib:
  29
  30doc:
  31
  32makefiles:
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  34autoconf:
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  381.0.9 (jan 30th 2005)
  39---------------------
  40
  41in short:
  42
  43New optimizations save over 20KB on footprint.
  44Also a few bugfixes and several patches.
  45
  46Thanks to those sending in their additions and for testing!
  47
  48To turn on the optimizations do:
  49
  50#DEFINE MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKINITFREE
  51#DEFINE MNG_OPTIMIZE_OBJCLEANUP
  52#DEFINE MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKASSIGN
  53#DEFINE MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKREADER
  54
  55(eg. they're not on by default (yet) !)
  56
  57-------------------
  58
  59bugfixes:
  60- fixed chunk pushing mechanism
  61- fixed bug in writing sBIT for indexed color
  62- fixed PPLT getchunk/putchunk routines
  63- fixed MNG_NO_1_2_4BIT_SUPPORT for TBBN1G04.PNG
  64- cleaned up macro-invocations (thanks to D. Airlie)
  65
  66core:
  67- added more SKIPCHUNK conditionals
  68- replaced MNG_TWEAK_LARGE_FILES with permanent solution
  69- improved handling of cheap transparency when 16-bit support is disabled
  70- added some MNG_SUPPORT_WRITE conditionals
  71- added function to retrieve current FRAM delay
  72- added MNG_NO_1_2_4BIT_SUPPORT
  73- added bgr565_a8 canvas-style (thanks to J. Elvander)
  74- standard windows dll upgraded to zlib 1.2.2
  75- added LITTLEENDIAN/BIGENDIAN fixtures (thanks J.Stiles)
  76- inclusion of zlib/lcms/ijgsrc6b with <> instead of ""
  77- added conditional MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKINITFREE
  78- added conditional MNG_OPTIMIZE_OBJCLEANUP
  79- added conditional MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKASSIGN
  80- added conditional MNG_OPTIMIZE_CHUNKREADER
  81- fixed problem with global PLTE/tRNS
  82
  83samples:
  84
  85contrib:
  86
  87doc:
  88- patched jng & mng manual pages (Thanks Peter Breitenlohner)
  89
  90makefiles:
  91
  92autoconf:
  93- patched makefile.am & configure.in (Thanks Peter Breitenlohner)
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  971.0.8 (aug 5th 2004)
  98--------------------
  99
 100in short:
 101
 102added special data-pushing mechanisms and a few other tid-bits
 103
 104-------------------
 105
 106bugfixes:
 107- fixed problem with PAST usage where source > dest
 108
 109core:
 110- added missing get-/put-chunk-jdaa
 111- added CRC existence & checking flags
 112- added data-push mechanisms for specialized decoders
 113- some speed optimizations (thanks to John Stiles)
 114- defend against using undefined closestream function
 115- defend against using undefined openstream function
 116- added check for extreme chunk-lengths
 117- change worst-case iAlphadepth to 1 for standalone PNGs
 118- added support for 3+byte pixelsize for JPEG's
 119- added conditional to allow easier writing of large MNG's
 120
 121samples:
 122
 123contrib:
 124
 125doc:
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 127makefiles:
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 129autoconf:
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 132
 1331.0.7 (March 21st 2004)
 134-----------------------
 135
 136in short:
 137
 138A bunch of new canvas-styles, some bug-fixes, upgraded to latest zlib/lcms
 139and yet more work to please the Mozilla crowd.
 140Releasing beta's doesn't seem very responsive, and this one's hardly changed
 141much anyway. I just wanted to bump to a regular version for Mozilla
 142re-integration.
 143
 144-------------------
 145
 146bugfixes:
 147- fixed inclusion of IJNG chunk for non-JNG use (J.S)
 148- fixed bug in chunk-storage of SHOW chunk (where from == to)
 149- fixed bug in promote_g8_g8 with 16bit support off
 150
 151core:
 152- added CANVAS_RGB565 and CANVAS_BGR565 (big thanx to Raphael Assenat!!)
 153- added CANVAS_RGBA565 and CANVAS_BGRA565 ( -- ditto -- )
 154- upgraded to zlib 1.2.1
 155- upgraded to lcms 1.11
 156- added premultiplied alpha canvas' for RGBA, ARGB, ABGR (thx to John Stiles)
 157- more optimizations with 16bit support off
 158- put conditionals around openstream/closestream callbacks.
 159- fixed typo (MNG_SKIPCHUNK_SAVE -> MNG_SKIPCHUNK_nEED)
 160- fixed some 64-bit platform compiler warnings
 161
 162samples:
 163
 164contrib:
 165- fixed mngtree sample (Raphael)
 166- added 5-6-5 canvas to SDL sample (Raphael)
 167
 168doc:
 169
 170makefiles:
 171
 172autoconf:
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 175
 1761.0.6 (oct 19th 2003)
 177---------------------
 178
 179in short:
 180
 181Final release from beta1. No feedback is good feedback I presume,
 182so here's 1.0.6-final!
 183
 184
 185-------------------
 186
 187bugfixes:
 188
 189core:
 190
 191samples:
 192
 193contrib:
 194
 195doc:
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 197makefiles:
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 199autoconf:
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 202
 2031.0.6-beta1 (sep 14th 2003)
 204---------------------------
 205
 206in short:
 207
 208further footprint-reductions
 209removing email-addresses
 210
 2111.0.6 (final) will be out shortly
 212
 213-------------------
 214
 215bugfixes:
 216
 217core:
 218- added support for reducing the footprint of libmng by macros that optionally
 219  skip unused chunks, remove 16-bit sample support, remove Delta support, and
 220  remove JNG support, to accomodate Mozilla/Firebird.
 221- further optional removal of unused functions
 222- added MNG_NO_SUPPORT_FUNCQUERY conditional
 223- added iPNGdepth member to pData structure
 224- added conditionals around MAGN chunk support
 225- added conditionals around non-VLC chunk support
 226- added conditionals around "mng_display_go*" and other unused functions
 227- added more conditionals around "promote" functions
 228- removed email references as appropriate
 229
 230samples:
 231
 232contrib:
 233
 234doc:
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 236makefiles:
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 241
 2421.0.6-alpha1 (aug 2nd 2003)
 243---------------------------
 244
 245in short:
 246
 247This is mostly in the light of footprint-reduction to please the Mozilla
 248crew with a leaner and meaner libmng. See bug 18574 if you're interested:
 249http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18574
 250
 251-------------------
 252
 253bugfixes:
 254- B719420 - fixed several MNG_APP_CMS problems
 255
 256core:
 257- removed some compiler-warnings
 258- hiding 12-bit JPEG stuff
 259- fixed problem with infinite loops during readdisplay()
 260- added size-optimiation COMPOSE routine usage
 261- added conditionals around canvas update routines
 262- added MNG_SKIPCHUNK_cHNK footprint optimizations
 263- added conditionals around some JNG-supporting code      
 264- added conditionals around 16-bit supporting code        
 265- combined init functions into one function
 266- replaced nested switches with simple init setup function
 267- added conditionals zlib and jpeg property accessors
 268- added size-optimization DIV255B8 routine usage
 269- added conditionals around 8-bit magn routines
 270- removed conditionals around 8-bit magn routines
 271- added MNG_NO_16BIT_SUPPORT and MNG_NO_DELTA_PNG conditionals
 272- reversed many loops to use decrementing counter
 273- converted some switches to array references
 274- removed some redundant checks for iRawlen==0
 275- optionally use zlib's crc32 function instead of local mng_update_crc
 276- bugfix empty "if" statement when 16-bit code is enabled
 277- restored two misplaced #else/#endif blocks
 278- added conditionals around "mng_display_go*" and other unused functions
 279- added MNG_NO_LOOP_SIGNALS_SUPPORTED conditional
 280- fixed duplicate for-loop
 281- fixed invalid test in promote_imageobject
 282- added conditionals around PAST chunk support
 283- fixed "FOOTPRINT_COMPOSEIV" typo (now "FOOTPRINT_DIV")
 284
 285samples:
 286
 287contrib:
 288- updated xmngview
 289- added MSVC project for creating delta-MNGs: makemng (thanks Alex!)
 290- added MSVC lib-file for use with the standard libmng.dll (again thanks Alex)
 291
 292doc:
 293- updated readme.contrib
 294
 295makefiles:
 296
 297autoconf:
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 300
 3011.0.5 (mar 1st 2003)
 302--------------------
 303
 304in short:
 305
 306Only a small fix for progressive jpeg suspension problem.
 307
 308This is the long-awaited final release containing the new 'dynamic MNG' feature
 309and bringing MNG compliance to near 100%!
 310
 311-------------------
 312
 313bugfixes:
 314- B683152 - libjpeg suspension not always honored correctly
 315
 316core:
 317
 318samples:
 319
 320contrib:
 321
 322doc:
 323
 324makefiles:
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 329
 3301.0.5-rc3 (jan 20th 2003)
 331-------------------------
 332
 333in short:
 334
 335Third release-candidate for the upcoming 1.0.5 version.
 336
 337Minor bug-fixes and finalizing the accepted proposal (by official vote) for
 338the TERM/frame_delay changes on mng-list (nov-dec/2002).
 339
 340-------------------
 341
 342bugfixes:
 343- B654627 - fixed SEGV when no gettickcount callback (thanks Adam!)
 344- B664383 - fixed typo (thanks Dimitri)
 345- B664911 - fixed buffer overflow during init (thanks Alex!)
 346
 347core:
 348- finalized changes in TERM/final_delay to elected proposal (positive vote)
 349
 350samples:
 351
 352contrib:
 353
 354doc:
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 356makefiles:
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 361
 3621.0.5-rc2 (dec 9th 2002)
 363------------------------
 364
 365in short:
 366
 367Second release-candidate for the upcoming 1.0.5 version.
 368This contains fixes for a few minor details reported by the loyal testers.
 369It fixes some issues with the goframe/golayer/gotime processing and related
 370stuff. And it adds a way to disable playback-caching from within the MNG,
 371which is very useful for streaming-MNG encoders (such as gserver!).
 372
 373-------------------
 374
 375bugfixes:
 376
 377core:
 378- fixed layer- & frame-counting during read()
 379- changed FRAMECOUNT/LAYERCOUNT/PLAYTIME error to warning
 380- fixed goframe/golayer/gotime processing
 381- added support for nEED "MNG 1.1"
 382- added support for nEED "CACHEOFF"; turn playback caching off for streaming MNG
 383- fixed magnification bug with object 0
 384- added support to get totals for frames/layers/playtime after mng_read()
 385- fixed some issues in init_app_cms()
 386- fixed goxxxxx() support for zero values
 387
 388samples:
 389
 390contrib:
 391
 392doc:
 393
 394makefiles:
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 396autoconf:
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 399
 4001.0.5-rc1 (nov 1st 2002)
 401------------------------
 402
 403in short:
 404
 405First release-candidate for the upcoming 1.0.5 version.
 406This fixes a few small problems and brings the TERM/MEND processing, with
 407respect to interframe_delay as per the current discussion on MNG-list,
 408up-to-date with the latest proposal.
 409
 410-------------------
 411
 412bugfixes:
 413
 414core:
 415- fixed initialization of pIds in dISC read routine (Thanks Winfried!)
 416- fixed issue in freeing evNT chunk (Thanks Winfried!)
 417- fixed clipping-problem with BACK tiling (Thanks Sakura!)
 418- fixed processing for multiple objects in MAGN (Thanks Sakura!)
 419- fixed display of visible target of PAST operation (Thanks Sakura!)
 420- modified TERM/MEND processing for max(1, TERM_delay, interframe_delay)
 421
 422samples:
 423
 424contrib:
 425- fixed typo in Makefile for gtk-mng-view sample
 426
 427doc:
 428
 429makefiles:
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 431autoconf:
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 434
 4351.0.5-b3 (oct 15th 2002)
 436------------------------
 437
 438in short:
 439
 440Fairly quick after beta2, since that introduced a couple of unfortunate
 441booboo's and wasn't very workable. It also changes the standard configure
 442script to build a standard shared object similar to what I intended.
 443
 444-------------------
 445
 446bugfixes:
 447
 448core:
 449- fixed support for condition=2 in TERM chunk
 450- fixed trace-constants for PAST chunk
 451- added mng_status_dynamic to supports function
 452
 453samples:
 454
 455contrib:
 456
 457doc:
 458- small cosmetic changes in man/libmng.3
 459
 460makefiles:
 461
 462autoconf:
 463- fixed configure.in to build a 'standard' SO primarily
 464
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 466
 4671.0.5-b2 (oct 9th 2002)
 468------------------------
 469
 470in short:
 471
 472Second beta for next 1.0.5 release. This addresses some minor problems
 473detected during testing. It adds the proposed change to the MNG spec as
 474discussed on the "mng-list" recently; eg. Adam's option 4.
 475And it adds a little function to check at run-time if the lib is a beta or not.
 476
 477-------------------
 478
 479bugfixes:
 480
 481core:
 482- fixed chunk-storage for evNT chunk
 483- fixed dropping mix of frozen/unfrozen objects
 484- fixed problem with cloned objects marked as invalid
 485- fixed problem cloning frozen object_buffers
 486- fixed DISC support
 487- added proposed change in handling of TERM- & interframe-delay
 488- added another fix for misplaced TERM chunk
 489- added check for TERM placement during create/write
 490- completed support for condition=2 in TERM chunk
 491- added beta version function & constant
 492
 493samples:
 494
 495contrib:
 496
 497doc:
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 499makefiles:
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 504
 5051.0.5-b1 (sep 24th 2002)
 506------------------------
 507
 508in short:
 509
 510First beta of a large maintenance release. This completes support of the MNG
 511specification to nearly 100% (PAST, PROM, delta-images, BACK image+tile).
 512It adds "dynamic" MNG and a few other neat routines as well as fixes several
 513bugs reported through SourceForge or to me directly.
 514
 515-------------------
 516
 517bugfixes:
 518- B575832 - library has wrong patch version number
 519- B578572 - remove in 1.0.0!
 520- B578940 - some functions not implemented
 521- B581625 - large chunks fail with suspension reads
 522- B597134 - libmng pollutes the linker namespace
 523
 524core:
 525- added sanity check for improbable chunklengths
 526- removed eMNGma hack (thanks Dimitri!)
 527- unimplemented functions return an errorcode now
 528- added test-option for PNG filter method 192 (= levelling)
 529- added test-option for PNG filter method 193 (= no filtering)
 530  (both are conditional and only for testing purposes!!!)
 531- completed PROM support
 532- completed delta-image support
 533- completed MAGN support (16-bit functions)
 534- added HLAPI function to copy a chunk from a read MNG to a newly created MNG
 535- added option for soft-handling of errors (only for repair software!!!)
 536- fixed some routine inclusion/exclusion for undefined conditionals 
 537- pre-fixed all internal routines with mng_
 538- added symbol MNG_LOCAL (= static) to really local functions
 539- fixed reading of FRAM with just frame_mode and name
 540- fixed read/write of MAGN chunk
 541- added event handling for dynamic MNG
 542- added 'supports' call to check function availability
 543- fixed copyright notice in the headers of all libmng modules
 544- fixed LOOP iteration=0 special case
 545- re-compiled standard Windows dll with lcms-1.0.9
 546- added warning for too much IDAT data
 547- warnings are ignored by default now
 548- misplaced TERM is now treated as warning
 549- fixed color-correction for restore-background handling
 550- optimized restore-background for bKGD cases
 551- cleaned up some old stuff
 552- completed support for BACK image & tiling
 553- completed support for PAST
 554- added bgrx8 canvas (filler byte)
 555- fixed reset_object_detail to clear old buffer
 556- added in-memory color-correction of abstract images
 557- added compose over/under routines for PAST processing
 558- added flip & tile routines for PAST processing
 559
 560samples:
 561- Added new BCB sample for fixing invalid JASC Animation Shop files
 562  (shows new copy_chunks function; use of MNG_SOFTERRORS & static linking)
 563
 564contrib:
 565- added xmngview by Winfried Szukalski (Vielen dank!)
 566- Updated the Delphi mngview sample to handle dynamic MNGs
 567- Added Kylix example (simplified port of the Delphi mngview sample)
 568
 569doc:
 570- added diff to add MNG&JNG to a systems 'magic' file (Thanks Winfried)
 571- fixed docs about using mng_display_resume after display_reset
 572  (should read to use mng_display!)
 573
 574makefiles:
 575- added makefile to build a libmng.dll for MingW
 576  (makefile.mingwdll - thanks to Frank Richter!)
 577
 578autoconf:
 579- fixing libtool version-number to be in line with what it should be
 580
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 582
 5831.0.4 (Jun 23rd 2002)
 584---------------------
 585
 586in short:
 587
 588Just some small fixes
 589Standard dll now compiled with zlib 1.1.4 and lcms 1.0.8
 590
 591-------------------
 592
 593bugfixes:
 594- B495442 - invalid returnvalue in mng_get_suspensionmode
 595- B495443 - incorrect suspend check in read_databuffer
 596- B526138 - returned IJGSRC6B calling convention to default for MSVC
 597- B558212 - off by one error
 598- B557677 - can't find lcms.h
 599
 600core:
 601- fixed possible compile-problem in cleanup_rowproc
 602- MNG subimage alpha composite wrong for rgba8 images
 603
 604samples:
 605
 606contrib:
 607
 608doc:
 609
 610makefiles:
 611- fixed check for lcms.h in configure.in
 612
 613autoconf:
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 616
 6171.0.3 (Sep 18th 2001)
 618---------------------
 619
 620in short:
 621
 622Small cosmetic changes. Cleaning up the contributions.
 623New makefile for mingw32, and new fbcon example.
 624Major thanks to Greg for helping out with the *nix stuff!
 625Note that there's also a separate download for ASM programmers now.
 626Check http://www.libmng.com for details (download/ports&packages page).
 627
 628It may be a while for the next release. I'm "off duty" for the next 8 or
 629so months...
 630
 631Gerard
 632
 633-------------------
 634
 635bugfixes:
 636- B459058 - wrong include for lcms headers
 637
 638core:
 639- changed inclusion of lcms.h header for Linux platforms (suggested by Greg)
 640- added get function for last processed BACK chunk
 641
 642samples:
 643- replaced the gtk & sdl viewer apps with updates by Greg Roelofs
 644
 645contrib:
 646
 647doc:
 648
 649makefiles:
 650- changed makefile.linux & makefile.unix as suggested by Greg Roelofs
 651  (makefile.linux now compiles with lcms by default)
 652- added makefile.mingw for mingw32 by Benoit Blanchon (thanks Mate!)
 653
 654autoconf:
 655
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 657
 6581.0.2 (Jul 7th 2001)
 659--------------------
 660
 661in short:
 662
 663Another maintenance release with a few added extra's.
 664
 665-------------------
 666
 667bugfixes:
 668- B421427 - writes wrong format in bKGD and tRNS
 669- B434583 - compiler-warning if MNG_STORE_CHUNKS undefined
 670
 671core:
 672- added optimization option for MNG-video playback
 673- added processterm callback
 674- added late binding errorcode (not used internally)
 675- fixed memory-leak with delta-images (Thanks Michael!)
 676- added option to turn off progressive refresh for large images
 677
 678samples:
 679
 680contrib:
 681
 682doc:
 683
 684makefiles:
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 686autoconf:
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 689
 6901.0.1 (May 2nd 2001)
 691--------------------
 692
 693in short:
 694
 695Maintenance release.
 696Fixed several memory-leaks with the help of Gregg Kelly, added/fixed some CMS
 697handling, exported JPEG functions from standard DLL, and some other minor fixes.
 698
 699The CMS fix now makes libmng automagically work in MNG_FULL_CMS mode as a
 700sRGB compliant system. YOU WILL NEED TO CHANGE THIS IF YOU ARE NOT ON AN sRGB
 701COMPLIANT SYSTEM AND WANT TO USE CMS!!!!
 702(look in libmng.h for the proper function-calls)
 703
 704-------------------
 705
 706bugfixes:
 707
 708core:
 709- added MEND processing callback
 710- fixed first FRAM_MODE=4 timing problem
 711- added handle status-copy function (use with care)
 712- exported JPEG functions from standard DLL
 713- added BGRA8 canvas with premultiplied alpha (contrib by Gregg Kelly)
 714- fixed problem with display_reset/display_resume (Thanks Gregg!)
 715- fixed several memory-leaks (Thanks Gregg!)
 716- fixed reset_rundata to drop all objects (Thanks again, Gregg!)
 717- fixed problem with cms profile being created multiple times when both
 718  iCCP & cHRM/gAMA are present (And again... Gregg)
 719- moved mng_clear_cms to libmng_cms
 720- added "default" sRGB generation (Thanks Marti!)
 721
 722samples:
 723
 724contrib:
 725
 726doc:
 727
 728makefiles:
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 733
 7341.0.0 (Feb 6th 2001)
 735--------------------
 736
 737in short:
 738
 739First public release. Finally(!)
 740
 741This is the 0.9.5 CVS version, which will never be released, because I feel it
 742is now ready for a public release. So apart from the version-numbers here and
 743there, all other changes are listed under 0.9.5.
 744
 745This library will work with every MNG/JNG known and available to me. Note that
 746there are still parts that need to be coded, and that MNG support is around
 74790-95% (JNG at 100%). It is however compliant with the latest and greatest
 748MNG 1.0 specification.
 749
 750I hope to dedicate a bit more time this year to finish up full support and fill
 751in the remaining blanks. But this is coming out of my spare time. And extra
 752help is always appreciated.
 753
 754Please enjoy!
 755
 756Gerard
 757
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 759
 7600.9.5 (no release)
 761------------------
 762
 763in short:
 764
 765intermediate CVS
 766
 767-------------------
 768
 769bugfixes:
 770B129681 - fixed compiler warnings SGI/Irix (thanks Dimitri)
 771
 772core:
 773- fixed compiler-warnings Mozilla (thanks Tim)
 774- fixed timing-problem with switching framing_modes
 775- fixed some small compiler warnings (thanks Nikki)
 776
 777samples:
 778
 779contrib:
 780- fixed library-paths for MSVC DLL project (thanks Chad)
 781
 782doc:
 783
 784makefiles:
 785- added makefile for DJGPP (thanks Silvio)
 786
 787autoconf:
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 790
 7910.9.4 (Jan 19th 2001)
 792----------------------
 793
 794in short:
 795
 796Now that the MNG spec is at 1.0, this should be the last beta. There's a few
 797small changes to make it inline with the spec, and a couple of bug-fixes.
 798This is a serious release-candidate for libmng-1.0!!
 799Please... test test test test!!
 800
 801-------------------
 802
 803bugfixes:
 804B123314 - fixed number of TERM related problems
 805B123322 - fixed unwanted repetition in mng_readdisplay()
 806B123443 - fixed by Ralph
 807B124910 - fixed definition for WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN (thanks Chad)
 808B125750 - fixed by Ralph
 809B125756 - fixed mixup of data- & function-pointers (thanks Dimitri)
 810B127517 - changed inclusion of the lcms header file for non-windows platforms
 811
 812core:
 813- version numbers
 814- fixed possible loop in display_resume() (Thanks Vova!)
 815- fixed unwanted repetition in mng_readdisplay()
 816- changed inclusion of the lcms header file for non-windows platforms
 817- changed IHDR filter_method check for PNGs
 818- moved restore of object 0 to libmng_display
 819- added restore of object 0 to TERM processing (B123314)
 820- fixed TERM delay processing (B123314)
 821- fixed TERM end processing when count = 0 (B123314)
 822- changed callback convention for MSVC (Thanks Chad)
 823- fixed mixup of data- & function-pointers (thanks Dimitri)
 824- added support for "nEED MNG-1.0"
 825- added errorcode for MAGN methods
 826- added errorchecking for MAGN methods
 827- removed "old" MAGN methods 3 & 4
 828- added "new" MAGN methods 3, 4 & 5
 829- removed test filter-methods 1 & 65
 830- set default level-set for filtertype=64 to all zeroes
 831
 832samples:
 833
 834contrib:
 835- added GTK mng-view example by Vova Babin
 836- added MSVC MNGview sample by Nikolaus Brennig
 837- updated Jason Summer's mngplg to version 0.9.2
 838  (that's mngplg-0.9.2 based on libmng-0.9.3 !!!)
 839- rearranged contrib directory slightly
 840- added MSVC project to build libmng.dll by Chad Austin
 841
 842doc:
 843- added README.dll
 844- added README.config
 845
 846makefiles:
 847- added a makefile for MS Visual C++ (Thanks to Atsushi Matsuda)
 848
 849autoconf:
 850- fixed configure.in for lcms (FreeBSD port by Mikhail Teterin)
 851- by default configure includes CMS support if lcms is present
 852
 853-----------------------------------------------------------
 854
 8550.9.3 (October 29th 2000)
 856-------------------------
 857
 858in short:
 859
 860Another beta release. The number of changes in the MNG specification have
 861resulted in a lot of new code and some changed code. At the same time I saw
 862no need to withhold some new functionality as it was pretty clear there was
 863going to be another beta-round. If things go well, I'm going to try to release
 864libmng 1.0.0 very shortly after this one.
 865
 866Many thanks to a lot of people for helping out, sending contributions, making
 867suggestions and testing this little baby. This would get nowhere without YOU!!!
 868
 869- fixed bug 111300/117103
 870- added workaround for faulty PhotoShop iCCP chunk
 871- added MAGN/JDAA chunks
 872- added support for new filter_types
 873- added PNG/MNG spec version indicators
 874- added BCB mngview contribution by Andy Protano
 875- added BCB mngdump; a GUI-based MNG dumping utility (Andy Protano)
 876- implemented support for nEED "draft nn"
 877- implemented app-defined support for bKGD for PNG images
 878- removed trace-options from default SO/DLL builds (!!!)
 879- raised initial maximum canvas size to 10000x10000 (!!!)
 880  (an App that wants to protect from overly large images should call
 881   mng_set_maxcanvassize() with appropriate values)
 882- fixed other assorted stuff
 883
 884-------------------
 885
 886bugfixes:
 887B111300 - fixup for improved portability
 888B117103 - fixed compilation errors on *nix with lcms (thanks Ralph!)
 889
 890core:
 891- fixed compiler-warnings from Mozilla
 892- added check for simplicity-bits in MHDR
 893- added workaround for faulty PhotoShop iCCP chunk
 894- fixed app-supplied background restore
 895- fixed TERM processing delay of 0 msecs
 896- fixed write-code for zTXt & iTXt
 897- fixed read-code for iTXt
 898- added MAGN chunk
 899- fixed sRGB precedence for gamma_only corection
 900- added support for new filter_types
 901- fixed problem with no refresh after TERM
 902- fixed DEFI behavior
 903- fixed inclusion parameters to make the external libs work together
 904- added export of zlib functions from windows dll
 905- fixed timing & refresh behavior for single PNG/JNG
 906- removed trace-options from default SO/DLL builds (!!!)
 907- fixed MAGN rounding errors (thanks Matthias!)
 908- fixed small timing problem when FRAM delay = 0
 909- fixed simplicity-check in compliance with draft 81/0.98a
 910- fixed alpha-blending for all alpha-canvasstyles
 911- added support for alpha-depth prediction
 912- fixed processing of unknown critical chunks
 913- removed test-MaGN
 914- added PNG/MNG spec version indicators
 915- implemented support for nEED
 916- added support for JDAA
 917- added functions to retrieve PNG/JNG specific header-info
 918- added optional support for bKGD for PNG images
 919- raised initial maximum canvas size to 10000x10000
 920- added support for delta-JNG
 921- added callback to process non-critical unknown chunks
 922- fixed support for delta-images during read() / display()
 923- added closestream() processing for mng_cleanup()
 924- fixed delta-processing behavior
 925- added storage for pixel-/alpha-sampledepth for delta's
 926- implemented delayed delta-processing
 927- fixed putchunk_plte() to set bEmpty parameter (thanks Ben!)
 928- added errorcode for delayed delta-processing
 929- added get/set for bKGD preference setting
 930- added get function for interlace/progressive display
 931- fixed bug in empty PLTE handling
 932- fixed seperate read() & display() processing
 933- fixed tRNS processing for gray-image < 8-bits
 934
 935samples:
 936- added BCB mngview contribution by Andy Protano
 937
 938contrib:
 939- added BCB mngdump; a GUI-based MNG dumping utility (Andy Protano)
 940
 941doc:
 942- updated RPM spec-file by MATSUURA Takanori
 943- updated README.contrib
 944
 945makefiles:
 946- fixed some stuff in automake/autoconf/libtool
 947- fixed auto* for bug B117103
 948
 949-----------------------------------------------------------
 950
 9510.9.2 (August 7th 2000)
 952-----------------------
 953
 954in short:
 955
 956Third beta release! Last one???
 957
 958!!IMPORTANT!! All file-names are now prefixed with "libmng_" !!IMPORTANT!!
 959
 960Many thanks to Albert Chin-A-Young for his contribution of the
 961autoconf/automake/libtool stuff and to Ralph Giles for helping me
 962put it in the right places.
 963
 964There's a special README.autoconf so please read it!
 965
 966- fixed bug 110320/110546/110547/111096
 967- added several status retrieval functions
 968- fixed other small bugs in display processing
 969- fixed number of small problems and documentation typos
 970- added autoconf/automake/libtool
 971- added latest MNG plugin (0.9.0) by Jason Summers
 972
 973-------------------
 974
 975bugfixes:
 976B110320 - fixed GCC warning about mix-sized pointer math
 977B110546 - fixed for improperly returning UNEXPECTEDEOF
 978B110547 - fixed bug in interlace code
 979B111096 - fixed large-buffer read-suspension
 980
 981core:
 982- version numbers
 983- fixed small bugs in display processing
 984- removed Nextbackxxx fields (no longer used)
 985- fixed problem with trace-functions improperly wrapped
 986- put specific code in add_chunk() inside MNG_SUPPORT_WRITE wrapper
 987- fixed documentation typos
 988- fixed wrapping of suspension parameters
 989- added status_xxxx functions
 990- added trace-codes/-strings for status_xxxxx functions
 991- changed file-prefixes
 992- added function to set simplicity field
 993- added trace-code/-string for updatemngsimplicity
 994- fixed putchunk_unknown() function
 995
 996samples:
 997
 998contrib:
 999- added latest MNG plugin (0.9.0) by Jason Summers
1000
1001doc:
1002- version numbers
1003- added autoconf readme
1004- version numbers in RPM stuff
1005
1006makefiles:
1007- fixed for new file-prefix
1008- added autoconf/automake/libtool
1009
1010-----------------------------------------------------------
1011
10120.9.1 (July 26th 2000)
1013----------------------
1014
1015in short:
1016
1017Second beta release.
1018
1019Given the enormous amount of bug-reports (not ;-), this will most likely
1020be one of the last betas. If things remain upright, the first public release
1021(1.0.0) is fairly eminent in the weeks to come...
1022
1023- added SDL mng player by Ralph Giles to contributions
1024- fixed timing and added internal buffering for I/O-suspension scenarios
1025- added get routines for internal display-state variables (frame/layer/playtime)
1026- changed read-processing for improved I/O-suspension (internal buffering)
1027- fixed several problems with create- & write-support
1028- added a load of documentation
1029- lots of small stuff
1030
1031-------------------
1032
1033bugfixes:
1034
1035core:
1036- fixed mandatory BACK color to be opaque
1037- changed mng_display_resume to allow to be called after a suspension
1038  return with MNG_NEEDMOREDATA
1039- changed comments to indicate modified behavior for timer & suspension breaks
1040- added variables for go_xxxx processing
1041- implemented support for freeze/reset/resume & go_xxxx
1042- added trace-codes/-strings for special display processing
1043- added variables for improved timing support
1044- added support for improved timing
1045- added get routines for internal display variables
1046- added get/set routines for suspensionmode variable
1047- added trace-code/-string for get/set suspensionmode
1048- added trace-codes/-strings for get/set display variables
1049- added support for improved I/O-suspension
1050- changed read-processing for improved I/O-suspension
1051- added trace-code/-string for read_databuffer (I/O-suspension)
1052- added suspendbuffer constants
1053- changed EOF processing behavior
1054- fixed TERM delay processing
1055- changed pre-draft48 frame_mode=3 to frame_mode=1
1056- added callbacks for SAVE/SEEK processing
1057- added trace-codes/-strings for SAVE/SEEK callbacks
1058- added variable for NEEDSECTIONWAIT breaks
1059- added trace-codes/-strings for get/set sectionbreaks
1060- added NEEDSECTIONWAIT error-code/-string
1061- added macro + routine to set returncode without calling error callback
1062- added trace-code/-string for special error routine
1063- changed default readbuffer size from 1024 to 4200
1064- added variable for freeze & reset processing
1065- fixed storage of images during mng_read()
1066- fixed support for mng_display() after mng_read()
1067- added error cleanup processing
1068- fixed support for mng_display_reset()
1069- fixed suspension-buffering for 32K+ chunks
1070- added function to set frame-/layer-count & playtime
1071- added trace-code/-string for updatemngheader
1072- added error-code/-string for updatemngheader if not a MNG
1073- fixed creation-code
1074- fixed writing of signature
1075- fixed several chunk-writing routines
1076
1077samples:
1078- fixed the libmng.pas module in line with libmng.h
1079
1080contrib:
1081- added the SDL based mngplay viewer by Ralph Giles
1082
1083doc:
1084- extended the RPM contribution by MATSUURA Takanori
1085- added libmng.txt, a full description of the library and its usage
1086- added man-pages for mng(5), jng(5) and libmng(3)
1087
1088makefiles:
1089
1090-----------------------------------------------------------
1091
10920.9.0 (June 30th 2000)
1093----------------------
1094
1095in short:
1096
1097This is the first beta!!! Yippee!!!
1098
1099Thanks to all the people who helped to guide me in the right direction.
1100You know who you are!
1101
1102A special thanks to the guys with early implementations, who stood by and
1103put up with my whims :-)
1104
1105changes over 0.5.3:
1106
1107- updated mngplg to 0.4.1 (the latest & greatest)
1108- changed refresh parameters to 'x,y,width,height'
1109
1110-----------------------------------------------------------
1111
11120.5.3 (never released)
1113----------------------
1114
1115in short:
1116
1117This is a working version only; the next release will be 0.9.0 (first Beta!)
1118
1119There are a few incompatible changes with previous versions. The userdata
1120variable has been changed from mng_uint32 to mng_ptr to accomodate 64-bit
1121systems. For the same reason memory allocation size parameters have been
1122changed to a mng_size_t type which is a typedef of size_t.
1123
1124Thanks to Aleks Jakulin for helping to iron out some 64-bit platform issues!
1125
1126- implemented the update-region parameters of the refresh callback
1127- added support for most common delta-image options
1128- added an animation-speed modifier
1129- added an image-level parameter for the processtext callback
1130- updated mngplg to 0.4.0 (supports JNG, full CMS, and other enhancements!)
1131- fixed a lot of small things
1132- added support for PPLT chunk
1133- fixed to support 64-bit platforms
1134
1135-------------------
1136
1137bugfixes:
1138
1139core:
1140- added processing of color-info on delta-image
1141- fixed handling of empty SAVE chunk
1142- fixed display of stored JNG images
1143- fixed problem with BASI-IEND as object 0
1144- changed the version parameters (obviously)
1145- added update-region parms for refresh calback
1146- added Needrefresh parameter
1147- added initialization of update-region for refresh
1148- added initialization of Needrefresh parameter
1149- changed progressive-display processing                  
1150- added tracecodes for tracing JPEG progression           
1151- added tracing of JPEG calls
1152- added Deltaimmediate parm for faster delta-processing
1153- added extra checks for delta-images                     
1154- many changes to support delta-images
1155- optimized some store_xxx routines                       
1156- fixed some small things (as precaution)                 
1157- fixed possible trouble if IEND display-processing got broken up
1158- fixed nasty bug with embedded PNG after delta-image    
1159- added processing of PLTE & tRNS for delta-images
1160- added processing of PLTE/tRNS & color-info for delta-images in the
1161  ani_objects chain
1162- fixed problem with color-correction for stored images   
1163- added get/set for speedtype to facilitate testing
1164- added trace-codes & -strings for get/set speedtype
1165- added speed-modifier to timing routine       
1166- added get-routine of imagelevel for processtext callback
1167- added trace-code & -string for get imagelevel
1168- added administration of imagelevel parameter            
1169- added support for PPLT chunk                         
1170- added trace-codes & -strings for PPLT chunk processing
1171- fixed problem with incorrect gamma-correction
1172- fixed inclusion of IJG read/write code
1173- fixed problem with 16-bit GA format
1174- fixed problem with cheap transparency for 4-bit gray
1175- fixed display_xxxx routines for interlaced images
1176- added precaution against faulty iCCP chunks from PS
1177- changed userdata variable to mng_ptr
1178- added typedef for mng_size_t
1179- changed size parameter for memory allocation to mng_size_t
1180- fixed compiler-warning for non-initialized iB variable
1181- changed definition for 32-bit ints (64-bit platforms)
1182- changed definition for mng_handle (64-bit platforms)
1183- swapped refresh parameters
1184- fixed initialization routine for new mng_handle type
1185- added inclusion of stdlib.h for abs()
1186- fixed some 64-bit warnings
1187- fixed incompatible return-types
1188
1189samples:
1190
1191contrib:
1192- updated mngplg to 0.3.0 (supports JNG & full color-correction!)
1193- updated mngplg to 0.4.0 (Jason is picking up the pace ;-)
1194
1195doc:
1196- added rpm directory with rpm spec-file (contributed by MATSUURA Takanori)
1197
1198makefiles:
1199- changed makefile.linux to reflect versionnr for shared-lib
1200- changed makefile.linux to depend on mng_conf.h & mng_types.h
1201
1202-----------------------------------------------------------
1203
12040.5.2 (June 10th 2000)
1205----------------------
1206
1207in short:
1208
1209This is the third release for developers
1210Another milestone since JNG is now fully supported
1211The next release will most likely be numbered 0.9.0 as the first Beta!!
1212
1213Fixed bug 106017 & 106019
1214Added many constants regarding chunk-property values
1215Implemented full JNG support
1216Added all the error- & trace-strings
1217Added get/set routines for default ZLIB/IJG parameters
1218Added a generic makefile for Unix platforms (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1219Added canvasstyle for separate RGB + A canvas (eg. mozilla-style)
1220Separated configuration-options into a separate file: "mng_conf.h"
1221Fixed stuff for generic Unix compilation (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1222Upgraded to lcms1.0.6 (now supports 16-bit endian-peculiarities)
1223Added a makefile for Linux ELF & fixed some code-issues to go along with gcc
1224Added support for suspended input-buffer processing
1225Implemented the display-routines for RGBA/ARGB/BGRA/ABGR canvasstyles
1226Implemented the application background-restore functionality
1227Fixed & tested the mngtree Unix-sample (runs on Linux-RH6.2 with libmng.so)
1228Upgraded mngplg to v0.2.2 (based on the latest code including JNG)
1229Fixed a lot of other assorted stuff
1230
1231-------------------
1232
1233bugfixes:
1234B003(106017) - fixed problem with <mem.h> being proprietary to BCB
1235B004(106019) - fixed problem when MNG_SUPPORT_WRITE not defined
1236
1237core:
1238- bumped version-numbers up to 0.5.2 (yeah, really)
1239- fixed support for IJGSRC6B
1240- cleaned up some code regarding mixed support-options
1241- complemented constants for chunk-property values
1242- fixed MNG_UINT_pHYg value
1243- implemented JNG support
1244- fixed problem with DEFI clipping
1245- added error telltale strings & support
1246- added trace telltale strings & support
1247- added support for global color-chunks inside TERM/LOOP
1248- added support for global PLTE,tRNS,bKGD inside TERM/LOOP
1249- added default IJG compression parameters and such
1250- moved init of default zlib parms to "mng_hlapi.c"
1251- added init of default IJG parms
1252- added support for get/set of zlib/IJG default parms
1253- added tracestrings for global animation color-chunks
1254- added tracestrings for get/set of default ZLIB/IJG parms
1255- added tracestrings for global PLTE,tRNS,bKGD             
1256- added framenr/layernr/playtime to object header          
1257- added initialization of framenr/layernr/playtime        
1258- changed ani_create calls not returning object pointer
1259- create ani objects always (not just inside TERM/LOOP)
1260- fixed inconsistancy with freeing global iCCP profile    
1261- fixed minor bugs 16-bit pixel-handling                    
1262- added object promotion routine (PROM handling)           
1263- added trace-codes & -strings for image-object promotion
1264- added trace-codes & -strings for delta-image processing
1265- added error-codes & -strings for delta-image processing              
1266- added support for delta-image processing
1267- added ani-object routines for delta-image processing
1268- added delta-image fields
1269- added compression/filter/interlace fields to object-buffer for
1270  delta-image processing                
1271- added delta-image row-processing routines
1272- fixed up punctuation in several files (contributed by Tim Rowley)       
1273- removed useless definition in "mng_chunks.h" (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1274- fixed pointer confusion in "mng_display.c" (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1275- fixed inclusion for memcpy (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1276- added mng_int32p (contributed by Tim Rowley)
1277- added internal delta-image processing callbacks
1278- separated configuration-options into "mng_conf.h"
1279- changed to most likely configuration
1280- added RGB8_A8 canvasstyle
1281- added getalphaline callback for RGB8_A8 canvasstyle
1282- fixed some makeup for Linux gcc compile
1283- implemented app bkgd restore routines                   
1284- implemented RGBA8, ARGB8, BGRA8 & ABGR8 display routines
1285- added support for RGB8_A8 canvasstyle
1286- added support for suspended input-buffer processing                   
1287- added mng_read_resume HLAPI function to support read-suspension
1288- fixed timer-handling to run with Mozilla (Tim Rowley)
1289- fixed alpha-handling for alpha canvasstyles             
1290- fixed some compilation-warnings (contrib Jason Morris)
1291
1292samples:
1293- fixed mngview(delphi) to work with the new core
1294- synchronized libmng.pas(delphi) with the new libmng.h header
1295- removed the error- & trace-strings from libmng.pas(delphi)
1296- fixed mngtree(Unix) to compile on Linux (runs with libmng.so)
1297- added makefile.linux for mngtree(Unix) (tested on RedHat6.2)
1298
1299contrib:
1300- updated mngplg to 0.2.2 (based on latest code; supports JNG!)
1301
1302doc:
1303- this file obviously
1304- added Tim Rowley as contributing author
1305- changed the examples.readme doc
1306- updated the design-schematics in line with the current code
1307
1308makefiles:
1309- changed the directory to "makefiles" to avoid name-conflicts
1310- added generic Unix makefile (thanks to Tim Rowley)
1311- added Linux ELF makefile (tested on RedHat6.2)
1312
1313-----------------------------------------------------------
1314
13150.5.1 May 16th 2000
1316-------------------
1317
1318in short:
1319
1320This is the second release for developers
1321It's a bit of a milestone since all the chunk functionality is in place and
1322functioning (read, examine, create & write)
1323This version is incompatible with 0.5.0 since some of the callback prototypes
1324have changed (should be the last time that happens!)
1325There are a few more samples and even a real contribution!
1326
1327Fixed bug 105795 & 105797
1328Fixed a mis-alignment in animation-timing
1329Added chunk-access functions
1330Finished all chunk-storage routine-bits
1331Finished all chunk-write routines
1332Changed the callback prototypes to allow error-reporting back to the library
1333Fixed some routines to allow for callback error-reporting
1334Added version-control functions & constants
1335Added two functions to set display- & sRGB-profile from memory
1336Moved CRC table to dynamic structure (for improved thread-safety)
1337Added SAVE & SEEK save&restore functionality
1338Finished the application-based CMS-callbacks
1339Fixed a few BCB specifics
1340Changed the Win32 DLL and samples to use __stdcall
1341Did some more assorted little changes
1342Added 2 BCB samples
1343Added 1 Unix sample
1344Added the MNG plugin by Jason Summers in the contrib section
1345Changed some documents to reflect these changes
1346
1347-------------------
1348
1349bugfixes:
1350B001(105795) - fixed wrong lcms call & memory-leak for gammatables
1351B002(105797) - fixed problem with missing sRGB profile
1352
1353core:
1354- changed chunk iteration function
1355- added chunk access functions
1356- added version control constants & functions
1357- changed strict-ANSI stuff
1358- added set_outputprofile2 & set_srgbprofile2
1359- added empty-chunk put-routines
1360- added version_dll & VERSION_DLL (for consistency)
1361- added version control explanatory text & samples
1362- added iteratechunk callback definition
1363- improved definitions for DLL support
1364- added 8-bit palette definition
1365- added general array definitions
1366- added MNG_NULL definition
1367- changed most callback prototypes to allow the app
1368  to report errors during callback processing
1369- added CRC table to main structure (for thread-safety)
1370- added iPLTEentries for checking hIST-length
1371- changed palette definition to exported palette-type
1372- removed frozen indicator
1373- added create/write indicators
1374- added eMNGma hack (will be removed in 1.0.0 !!!)
1375- added TERM animation object pointer (easier reference)
1376- added saved-data structure for SAVE/SEEK processing
1377- added some errorcodes
1378- added application errorcodes (used with callbacks)
1379- moved chunk-access errorcodes to severity 5
1380- added chunk-access function trace-codes
1381- changed trace to macro for callback error-reporting
1382- added save_state & restore_state trace-codes
1383- put in some extra comments
1384- fixed layout for sBIT, PPLT
1385- changed write callback definition
1386- fixed layout for PPLT again (missed deltatype ?!?)
1387- cleaned up left-over teststuff in the BACK chunk routine
1388- changed CRC initialization to use dynamic structure
1389  (wasn't thread-safe the old way !)
1390- filled in many missing sequence&length checks
1391- filled in many missing chunk-store snippets
1392- added checks for running animations
1393- filled remaining write routines
1394- fixed read_pplt with regard to deltatype
1395- added callback error-reporting support
1396- added pre-draft48 support (short MHDR, frame_mode, LOOP)
1397- fixed chunk-storage bit in several routines
1398- supplemented the SAVE & SEEK display processing
1399- added init of iPLTEcount
1400- changed calling-convention definition
1401- changed status-handling of display-routines
1402- added versioning-control routines
1403- filled the write routine
1404- fixed frame_delay misalignment
1405- added sanity check for frozen status
1406- changed display_mend to reset state to initial or SAVE
1407- added save_state and restore_state for SAVE/SEEK/TERM
1408  processing
1409- added process_save & process_seek routines
1410- changed and filled iterate-chunk function
1411- added getchunk functions
1412- added putchunk functions
1413- added empty-chunk put-routines
1414- filled application-based color-management routines
1415- added creatememprofile
1416- filled the deflatedata routine
1417- added cleanup of saved-data (SAVE/SEEK processing)
1418- moved the actual write_graphic functionality from mng_hlapi.c
1419  to it's appropriate function in the mng_write.c module
1420- moved standard header includes into mng_types.h
1421  (stdlib/mem for mem-mngmt & math for fp gamma-calc)
1422- added getimgdata & putimgdata functions
1423
1424samples:
1425- fixed mngview(delphi) to work with the new core
1426- synchronized libmng.pas(delphi) with the new libmng.h header
1427- added mngtree(bcb) sample
1428- added bogus(bcb) sample
1429- added mngtree(unix) sample
1430
1431contrib:
1432- added mngplg 0.1.0 / a MNG plugin for Win32 by Jason Summers
1433
1434doc:
1435- added this changes.readme file
1436- changed the samples.readme doc accordingly
1437- changed the contrib.readme doc accordingly
1438
1439-----------------------------------------------------------
1440
14410.5.0 May 1st 2000
1442------------------
1443
1444in short:
1445
1446This is the first developers release.
1447It's roughly about 60% done.