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Re: [BUG ?] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {libpng/libpng14/libpng14-devel}-1.4.8-1


On 11/14/2011 4:09 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 15:35 +0100, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
This version dosn't export png_info_init
whereas libpng-1.2 does
Is this intednded ?

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.x-to-1.4.x-summary.txt

To expand on Yaakov's answer, yes -- this is intended. The libpng API changes with each major release, which is why the DLL name gets "bumped" in each case. libpng14-1.4.x-y provides cygpng14-14.dll, while libpng12-1.2.x-y provided cygpng12.dll.


FWIW, the png team has abandoned even/odd numbering to designate stable/development releases. Hence, the 1.5.x series is now the "current" stable release -- our "new" libpng-1.4.x is already obsolete. I'll publish libpng15 before Christmas (by which time, of course, libpng-1.6 will be stable).

--
Chuck


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