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2008.07.03 07:29 "Re: BigTiff Support", by Alexander Johnson
Thanks for the info. I have been looking around and I have found an Aperio version of libtiff where BigTiff have been implemented. How does this fair against the current official version 4.0 beta? On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Edward Lam <edward@sidefx.com> wrote: > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> >> Probably so. For libtiff 'alpha' and 'beta' seem like fairly meaningless >> terms. For example "3.9.0beta" is clearly better than the formal 3.8.2 >> release. > > Even so, it would be good if it actually said on the website that > implementation of the BigTIFF spec has been completed. I for one didn't > touch 4.0 until beta because I didn't think it was worth my effort to do so > earlier. > >> If people really want to see libtiff 4.0.0 formally released, they should >> give it a serious try and report their findings (good or bad). > > I don't disagree with this. I'm just proposing that there is clearer > messaging to that effect on the website. > > Cheers, > -Edward > _______________________________________________ > Tiff mailing list: Tiff@lists.maptools.org > http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/tiff > http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ > -- Alex