ANNOUNCE

libpng 1.6.46.git
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This is a development version, not intended to be a public release.
It will be replaced by a public release, or by another development
version, at a later time.


libpng 1.6.45 - January 7, 2025
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This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production code.


Files available for download
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Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux):

 * libpng-1.6.45.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
 * libpng-1.6.45.tar.gz (deflate-compressed)

Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows):

 * lpng1645.7z (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
 * lpng1645.zip (deflate-compressed)

Other information:

 * README.md
 * LICENSE.md
 * AUTHORS.md
 * TRADEMARK.md


Changes from version 1.6.44 to version 1.6.45
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 * Added support for the cICP chunk.
   (Contributed by Lucas Chollet and John Bowler)
 * Adjusted and improved various checks in colorspace calculations.
   (Contributed by John Bowler)
 * Rearranged the write order of colorspace chunks for better conformance
   with the PNG v3 draft specification.
   (Contributed by John Bowler)
 * Raised the minimum required CMake version from 3.6 to 3.14.
 * Forked off a development branch for libpng version 1.8.


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