+1 thanks Even, Bob

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Von: Tiff [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Jeff McKenna via 
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Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juni 2026 23:05
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [Tiff] libtiff 4.7.2rc4 available

+1 thanks Even, Bob

(Windows, with Visual Studio, for the MS4W community)


-jeff



On 2026-06-28 11:06 a.m., Bob Friesenhahn via Tiff wrote:
> I raise the motion to adopt the libtiff 4.7.2rc4 release candidate as 
> the 4.7.2 release.
> 
> This release candidate is passing the various tests I have available 
> as pertains to GraphicsMagick.
> 
> Bob
> 
> On 6/27/26 09:12, Even Rouault via Tiff wrote:
>> Hi again,
>>
>> yes a rc4 was needed. It consists of, compared to rc3:
>>
>> - reverting the JBIG rc3 change that seems to introduce a new
>> vulnerability: 
>> https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/914
>>
>> - revert the rc3 change related to byte-swapping that apparently 
>> causes some legit images to be incorrectly decoded: https://
>> gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/915 . Side effect is that 
>> bug https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/work_items/795 will be re- 
>> opened. Good luck to anyone trying to fix it without causing 
>> regressions :-)
>>
>> - a minor rst formatting fix: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/
>> merge_requests/913
>>
>> New RC tarballs at:
>>
>> - https://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.7.2rc4.tar.gz
>> - https://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.7.2rc4.tar.xz
>> - https://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.7.2rc4.zip
>>
>> I let another PSC member raise the motion to adopt it, as it seems my 
>> attempts at doing so don't bring favorable fate :-)
>>
>> (despite the frustration of having to iterate on this release, thanks 
>> to all those who have tested it and reported. Given the unusual 
>> amount of activity since last release, and our known to be quite 
>> partial test suite, it is quite expected we hit regressions)
>>
>> Even
>>
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