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2009.10.29 02:27 "Re: Libtiff release soon, please advise", by Edward Lam
Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> I plan to cut new libtiff releases soon. While I don't intend to fix
> all existing (or many) known bugs before those releases are cut (and
> there are many bugs listed in libtiff bugzilla), this would be a good
> time to remind of any dire issues known to exist which should
> definitely be fixed before a libtiff release.
I only looked at what caught my eye on the list. Bug 2001 seems like
important low hanging fruit to do before final release:
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2001
Basically, it is saying that we should be adding -fno-strict-aliasing to
the gcc (3+?) compiler options when compiling with -O2. Probably none of
libtiff was written with strict aliasing in mind? If so, it sounds like
a good and easy thing to do for avoiding potential bad code generation.
Regards,
-Edward