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

[Charles Wilson]

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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