2008.04.09 10:58 "[Tiff] Current status of BigTIFF and LibTIFF4", by Arvan Pritchard

2008.04.09 16:17 "Re: [Tiff] Current status of BigTIFF and LibTIFF4", by Bob Friesenhahn

I'm interested in a BigTIFF supporting stable release of LibTIFF.

Likewise. :-)

Does one exist?

No.

If not when is one planned?

I am not aware of any specific schedule. The sponsored BigTIFF effort has come to completion. Libtiff4 is now in a more gradual "maintenance" state which will hopefully lead to a stable release.

There is a v4.0.0alpha development release available from ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/ but not its mirror at http://dl.maptools.org/dl/libtiff/

The remotesensing v4.0.0alpha package is the most current, except that there are important fixes in libtiff CVS. It is also known that there improvements necessary before a "beta" version can be cut. Libtiff4 does not pass its own little test suite.

I am using the libtiff4 CVS version to do testing here with GraphicsMagick. While there are definitely flaws to fix, its basic encode/decode capability seems to be sound.

Bob
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