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2008.12.21 16:44 "Re: 3.9.0 release, Was: tiffvers.h - TIFFLIB_RELEASE macro addition", by Jay Berkenbilt
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com> wrote: > Jay Berkenbilt wrote: >> Please see >> >> http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1980 >> >> This is my patch to remove the unwanted ABI changes from 3.9.0. I >> just went through all the CVS logs and found the changes committed by >> Joris around the time he made the fix. I then backported the changes >> to branch-3-9 in CVS. The changes were small, and I was able to >> hand-apply the patch without a problem. I rebuilt and then tested >> several applications built with 3.8.2 and run with the shared >> libraries from 3.9.0. Everything looks good. If this patch is >> accepted, I withdraw my objections against the release of 3.9.0 and >> would add my voice to those encouraging a speedy release. > > Jay, > > I will review and apply the patch in bug 1980. Were the changes in > http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979 also needed to > preserve ABI compatability with pre 3.9 releases? I had understood > that to be the only outstanding issue, but I gather from 1980 that the > SubsamplingHor and SubsamplingVer fields were also an issue. > > http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979 Yes, the two patches together resolve the ABI issues I was aware of, and in tests based on the 3.9 branch with both patches applied, I see no other ABI issues or problems with any of my tests. Thanks! -- Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>