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From: Edward Lam <edward@sidefx.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tiff] Libtiff release soon, please advise
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Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> I plan to cut new libtiff releases soon.  While I don't intend to fix 
> all existing (or many) known bugs before those releases are cut (and 
> there are many bugs listed in libtiff bugzilla), this would be a good 
> time to remind of any dire issues known to exist which should 
> definitely be fixed before a libtiff release.

I only looked at what caught my eye on the list. Bug 2001 seems like 
important low hanging fruit to do before final release:
     http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2001

Basically, it is saying that we should be adding -fno-strict-aliasing to 
the gcc (3+?) compiler options when compiling with -O2. Probably none of 
libtiff was written with strict aliasing in mind? If so, it sounds like 
a good and easy thing to do for avoiding potential bad code generation.

Regards,
-Edward
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