
Libpng 1.2.3rc5 - May 11, 2002

This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.

Changes since the last public release (1.2.2):

version 1.2.2patch03 [April 18, 2002]
  Changed ${PNGMAJ}.${PNGVER} bug to ${PNGVER} in makefile.sgi and makefile.sggcc
  Fixed VER -> PNGVER typo in makefile.macosx and added install-static to install
  Added install: target to makefile.32sunu and makefile.64sunu
  Revised 15 makefiles to link libpng.a to libpngNN.a and the include libpng
    subdirectory to libpngNN subdirectory without the full pathname.
  Moved generation of libpng.pc from "install" to "all" in 15 makefiles.
version 1.2.3rc1 [April 27, 2002]
  Added install-man target to 15 makefiles (Dimitri Papadopolous-Orfanos).
  Added $(DESTDIR) feature to 24 makefiles (Tim Mooney)
  Fixed bug with $prefix, should be $(prefix) in makefile.hpux.
  Updated cygwin-specific portion of pngconf.h and revised makefile.cygwin
  Added a link from libpngNN.pc to libpng.pc in 15 makefiles.
  Added links from include/libpngNN/*.h to include/*.h in 24 makefiles.
  Revised makefile.darwin to make relative links without full pathname.
  Added setjmp() at the end of png_create_*_struct_2() in case user forgets
    to put one in their application.
  Restored png_zalloc() and png_zfree() prototypes to version 1.2.1 and
    removed them from module definition files.
version 1.2.3rc2 [May 1, 2002]
  Fixed bug in reporting number of channels in pngget.c and pngset.c,
    that was introduced in version 1.2.2beta5.
  Exported png_zalloc(), png_zfree(), png_default_read(), png_default_write(),
    png_default_flush(), and png_push_fill_buffer() and included them in
    module definition files.
  Added "libpng.pc" dependency to the "install-shared" target in 15 makefiles.
version 1.2.3rc3 [May 1, 2002]
  Revised prototype for png_default_flush()
  Remove old libpng.pc and libpngNN.pc before installing new ones.
version 1.2.3rc4 [May 2, 2002]
  Typos in *.def files (png_default_read|write -> png_default_read|write_data)
  In makefiles, changed rm libpng.NN.pc to rm libpngNN.pc
  Added libpng-config and libpngNN-config and modified makefiles to install them.
  Changed $(MANPATH) to $(DESTDIR)$(MANPATH) in makefiles
  Added "Win32 DLL VB" configuration to projects/msvc/libpng.dsp
version 1.2.3rc5 [May 11, 2002]
  Changed "error" and "message" in prototypes to "error_message" and
    "warning_message" to avoid namespace conflict.
  Revised 15 makefiles to build libpng-config from libpng-config-*.in
  Once more restored png_zalloc and png_zfree to nonexported form.
  Restored png_default_read|write_data, png_default_flush, png_read_fill_buffer
    to nonexported form, but with PNGAPI, and removed them from module def files.

Send comments/corrections/commendations to
png-implement@ccrc.wustl.edu or to randeg@alum.rpi.edu

Glenn R-P