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Subject: Re: [Tiff] libtiff 4 API/ABI stability?
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, Adam Goode wrote:

> I was wondering if there are going to be any API or ABI incompatible
> changes before the final release of libtiff 4.
>
> I know that it is still in beta, and may not be so close to a final
> release, but I was hoping that I could count on programs compiled
> against the beta would work without recompiling against the eventual
> final release.
>
> Any thoughts on this?

The libtiff4 API and ABI should be pretty stable.  I am not aware of 
any API/ABI changes in this protracted beta cycle.  However, I would 
like to make a few global variables go away prior to the release, and 
removing them would technically change the ABI even though they are 
not intended to be used as part of the API.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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