[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libwebp{, -devel, 7, decoder3, demux2, mux3} 1.2.4

Cygwin libwebp Maintainer Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Wed Aug 10 14:35:54 GMT 2022


The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:

* libwebp		1.2.4
* libwebp-devel		1.2.4
* libwebp7		1.2.4
* libwebpdecoder3	1.2.4
* libwebpdemux2		1.2.4
* libwebpmux3		1.2.4

WebP is a modern web image format with superior compression.
WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs.
Lossless WebP supports (alpha channel) transparency at a cost of 22% overhead.
WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than JPEG images at equivalent quality.
Lossy WebP supports transparency with 3× smaller file sizes than PNG.
A WebP file consists of VP8 or VP8L image data in a RIFF container.

For more information see the project home page:

	https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/

As there are multiple components and changes each release please
see below or read /usr/share/doc/libwebp/NEWS after installation;
for complete details of changes see:

	/usr/share/doc/libwebp/ChangeLog
or
	https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+/refs/tags/v1.2.4/ChangeLog


version 1.2.4	8/4/2022

* restore CMake libwebpmux target name for compatibility with 1.2.2
* fix lossless crunch mode encoding with WEBP_REDUCE_SIZE

This is a binary compatible release.



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