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2005.12.03 03:50 "Re: Determining installed version of libtiff", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > I'm always hesitant to remove copyright messages from anything... I am suggesting adding copyright messages. Copyright messages should never be removed. The added code should be copyright to a trusted individual (Andrey or yourself) or an organization founded to maintain libtiff. > however, I don't see any need for copyright messages in the > version string and would be in favor of just changing the #define > for TIFFLIB_VERSION_STR to: > > #define TIFFLIB_VERSION_STR "LIBTIFF, Version 3.7.4" That sounds like a good idea to me. I am adding some code to GraphicsMagick to parse the current string into the above (by truncating at the first new line). It should work with the abbreviated string as well. > I'm a little hesitant to add another entry point to get a short > string (TIFFGetShortVersion()?). Do you see a compelling > need for this? No. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/