[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libwebp{, -devel, 7, decoder3, demux2, mux3} 1.2.3
Cygwin libwebp Maintainer
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Mon Jul 18 04:15:36 GMT 2022
The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
* libwebp 1.2.3
* libwebp-devel 1.2.3
* libwebp7 1.2.3
* libwebpdecoder3 1.2.3
* libwebpdemux2 1.2.3
* libwebpmux3 1.2.3
WebP is a modern web image format with superior compression.
WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs.
Lossless WebP supports (alpha channel) transparency at a cost of 22% overhead.
WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than JPEG images at equivalent quality.
Lossy WebP supports transparency with 3Ã smaller file sizes than PNG.
A WebP file consists of VP8 or VP8L image data in a RIFF container.
For more information see the project home page:
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
As there are multiple components and changes each release please
see below or read /usr/share/doc/libwebp/NEWS after installation;
for complete details of changes see:
/usr/share/doc/libwebp/ChangeLog
or
https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+/refs/tags/v1.2.3/ChangeLog
version 1.2.3 6/30/2022
* security fix for lossless encoder (#565, chromium:1313709)
* improved progress granularity in WebPReportProgress() when using lossless
* improved precision in Sharp YUV (-sharp_yuv) conversion
* many corrections to webp-lossless-bitstream-spec.txt (#551)
* crash/leak fixes on error/OOM and other bug fixes (#558, #563, #569, #573)
This is a binary compatible release.
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