Re: libjpeg for F14

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi all,

On 05/22/2010 05:55 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> hi there,
>
> Can it be updated to upstream version in rawhide ?
>
> The libjpeg version(6b) in Fedora is quite old(27-Mar-1998).
> And newer versions were released on:
>
> Version 7   27-Jun-2009
> Version 8   10-Jan-2010
> Version 8a  28-Feb-2010
> Version 8b  16-May-2010
> <http://www.ijg.org/>
>

May I point out that libjpeg version 7 and later add support
for the patented (and optional) arithmetic coding part of the
JPEG spec. So before we go any further in discussing whether
or not to switch to a newer libjpeg we first need to investigate
what the legal status of these newer versions is.

Regards,

Hans
-- 
devel mailing list
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora Testing]     [Fedora Formulas]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kernel Development]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Desktop]     [PAM]     [Red Hat Development]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]
  Powered by Linux