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Thanks for the info. I have been looking around and I have found an
Aperio version of libtiff where BigTiff have been implemented.  How
does this fair against the current official version 4.0 beta?

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Edward Lam <edward@sidefx.com> wrote:
> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>>
>> Probably so.  For libtiff 'alpha' and 'beta' seem like fairly meaningless
>> terms.  For example "3.9.0beta" is clearly better than the formal 3.8.2
>> release.
>
> Even so, it would be good if it actually said on the website that
> implementation of the BigTIFF spec has been completed. I for one didn't
> touch 4.0 until beta because I didn't think it was worth my effort to do so
> earlier.
>
>> If people really want to see libtiff 4.0.0 formally released, they should
>> give it a serious try and report their findings (good or bad).
>
> I don't disagree with this. I'm just proposing that there is clearer
> messaging to that effect on the website.
>
> Cheers,
> -Edward
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