Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> skribis: > Here is the Gentoo changelog for 1.3.0-r2: > > "Revert back to .so.62 with 2 functions backported from .so.8, namely > jpeg_mem_dest() and jpeg_mem_src(). ABIs .so.7 and .so.8 are dead and > shouldn't be used anywhere anymore." > > This sudden change required the re-emerge of a LOT of packages. > > I have not been able to find any background information on the > reason for this change. Does anyone know the story behind this > elimination of the newer JPEG ABI's and the step back to .so.62? > Has any functionality, such as lossless cropping, been affected?
This seems to be the story, if you make some inferences: http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/About/Jpeg-9 Basically, it says 7, 8, and now 9 were all a mistake.
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