2010.02.22 16:15 "Re: [Tiff] Libtiff 4.0.0beta5 Released", by Frank Warmerdam

Could people please raise their voice here on the list if there is a reason not to proceed to a release candidate right now? Would anyone like to review the open bug list and see if they find something that should be treated as release critical to fix?

This is critical for me:

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2135

This isn't critical, but it's important to me:

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029

It's my opinion that both patches can be committed immediately.

Lee,

I have reviewed both bugs, and I don't see that either relates to a regression from earlier versions of libtiff. Also, neither relates to an ABI issue that ought to be dealt with now as it would be hard to change later.

As such, it is hard for me to construe these as release critical. As they are in fairly fragile code I'm not terribly comfortable they can be applied without significant risk.

I'm also deathly afraid of the jpeg code. :-)

Perhaps another developer would like to incorporate them and take responsibility?

Best regards,
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