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From: Gerben Vos <gerben@zylab.nl>
To: tiff@sgi.com
Cc: tim@sierra.auriga.ru
Subject: RE: libtiff issues
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:52:05 +0200
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>I've tried to build some application using libtiff v3.4beta037
>and I've found several problems like
>- library fails to read a sample packed with method 32771
>  Is it bug in the library or my fault?
>- library reports error reading ThunderByte sample from it's own
>  test set. Is it bug in the library or my fault?
>- tiffcomp.h file has a bug wich does not allow to compile the
>  library with ZIP support under MS Visual C/C++ 4.x
>  (besides the fix I have some suggestion to improve the file)
>- config script fails to find proper inline definition under
>  DEC UNIX 4.0
>- is it possible to read JPEG samples in data format defined in TIFF 6
>  specification? What is the status of this topic?
>
>What is the best place to discuss these issues?

This mailing list is the best place that i know of to discuss them.
I can't help you with most points, but maybe others can.
If you post more specific things (like the actual bugfixes you have
in mind and actual error messages), people will be more likely to
respond. Please make it easy on them, they are probably doing this
as a sideline while working.

Also, i am wondering which of the possible interpretations of
JPEG-in-TIFF6 you would like to have implemented. From all i've read,
i've gathered that libtiff doesn't implement it because the
specification
is too vague. If you really need to read some such TIFFs, it shouldn't
be too hard to extend libtiff for that yourself. If you submit the code
to Sam, maybe he will put it in the contrib directory.

					Gerben Vos.

