Imported from libpng-1.0.5.tar
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@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-README for libpng 1.0.5 - October 5, 1999 (shared library 2.1)
+README for libpng 1.0.5 - October 15, 1999 (shared library 2.1)
See the note about version numbers near the top of png.h
See INSTALL for instructions on how to install libpng.
-This is the first official release of libpng. Don't let the fact that
-it's the first release fool you. The libpng library has been in
-extensive use and testing for about two and a half years. However, it's
-finally gotten to the stage where there haven't been significant
+Version 0.89 was the first official release of libpng. Don't let the
+fact that it's the first release fool you. The libpng library has been in
+extensive use and testing since mid-1995. By late 1997 it had
+finally gotten to the stage where there hadn't been significant
changes to the API in some time, and people have a bad feeling about
-libraries with versions < 1.0.
+libraries with versions < 1.0. Version 1.0.0 was released in
+March 1998.
****
Note that some of the changes to the png_info structure render this
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@
It is important to note that the APIs do not make current programs
that access the info struct directly incompatible with the new
library. However, it is strongly suggested that new programs use
-the new APIs (as shown in example.c), and older programs be converted
-to the new format, to facilitate upgrades in the future.
+the new APIs (as shown in example.c and pngtest.c), and older programs
+be converted to the new format, to facilitate upgrades in the future.
****
Additions since 0.90 include the ability to compile libpng as a
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@
The changes made to the library, and bugs fixed are based on discussions
on the PNG implementation mailing list <png-implement@ccrc.wustl.edu>
-and not on material submitted to Guy.
+and not on material submitted privately to Guy, Andreas, or Glenn. They will
+forward any good suggestions to the list.
For a detailed description on using libpng, read libpng.txt. For
examples of libpng in a program, see example.c and pngtest.c. For usage
@@ -152,6 +154,10 @@
pngwrite.c => High-level write functions
pngwtran.c => Write data transformations
pngwutil.c => Write utility functions
+ contrib => Contributions
+ gregbook => source code for PNG reading and writing, from
+ Greg Roelofs' "PNG: The Definitive Guide",
+ O'Reilly, 1999
scripts => Directory containing scripts for building libpng:
descrip.mms => VMS makefile for MMS or MMK
makefile.std => Generic UNIX makefile
