The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
* libwebp 1.4
* libwebp-devel 1.4
* libwebp7 1.4
* libwebpdecoder3 1.4
* libwebpmux3 1.4
* libwebpdemux2 1.4
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/+log/refs/tags/v1.4.0/ChangeLog
2024-04-12 1.4
This is a binary compatible release.
- further security related hardening in libwebp & examples
- some minor optimizations in the lossless encoder
- added WEBP_NODISCARD to report unused result warnings; enable with
-DWEBP_ENABLE_NODISCARD=1
- improvements and corrections in webp-container-spec.txt and
webp-lossless-bitstream-spec.txt (#611)
- miscellaneous warning, bug & build fixes
API changes:
- libwebpmux: WebPAnimEncoderSetChunk, WebPAnimEncoderGetChunk,
WebPAnimEncoderDeleteChunk
- libsharpyuv: SharpYuvOptionsInit, SharpYuvConvertWithOptions
- extras: SharpYuvEstimate420Risk
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