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	Changes in TIFF v3.7.0
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TIFF CHANGE INFORMATION
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Current Version: v3.7.0 
Previous Version: <A HREF=v3.7.0beta2.html>v3.7.0beta2</a> 
Master FTP Site: <A HREF="ftp://download.osgeo.org/libtiff">
download.osgeo.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A> 
Master HTTP Site: <A HREF="http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/">
http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/</a> 
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This document describes the changes made to the software between the
previous and current versions (see above).
If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
The following information is located here:
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<LI><A HREF="#hightlights">Major Changes</A>
<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A>
<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A>
<LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A>
<LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in the contrib area</A>
<LI><A HREF="#lzwkit">Changes in the LZW compression kit</A>
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<A NAME="highlights">MAJOR CHANGES:</A>

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<li> Several bugs found after 3.7.0beta2 release were fixed.

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<A NAME="configure">CHANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</A>

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	<li> ltmain.sh: Fix for MinGW compilation.
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<A NAME="libtiff">CHANGES IN LIBTIFF:</A>

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<li> libtiff/{tif_dirread.c, tif_jpeg.c, tif_luv.c, tif_ojpeg.c,
	tif_pixarlog.c, tif_write.c}: Handle the zero strip/tile sizes
	properly (Dmitry V. Levin, Marcus Meissner).

<li> libtiff/tif_dirinfo.c: Type of the TIFFTAG_SUBIFD field changed
	to TIFF_IFD.
	
	<li> Preliminary support for BigTIFF files: now libtiff can
	recognize and reject to open such images. ;-)

<li> libtiff/tif_dir.c: Initialize td_tilewidth and td_tilelength fields
	of the TIFFDirectory structure with the 0 instead of -1 to avoid
	confusing integer overflows in TIFFTileRowSize() for striped images.

<li> libtiff/tif_dirinfo.c: Fix bug with tif_foundfield and reallocation
	of tif_fieldinfo as per bug
	<A HREF="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630">
		http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630</A>

<li> libtiff/tif_compress.c: Improved error reporting in
	TIFFGetConfiguredCODECs() (Dmitry V. Levin).

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<A NAME="tools">CHANGES IN THE TOOLS:</A>

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	<li> tiffcmp.c (leof): Renamed from 'eof' in order to avoid
	conflict noticed under MinGW.

<li> tiff2pdf.c: Fixed TransferFunction tag handling reported
	by Ross A. Finlayson.

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<A NAME="contrib">CHANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</A>

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<li> No changes.

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<A NAME="lzwkit">CHANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION
KIT:</A>
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<li> This one is not longer needed.

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