[Lcms-user] [Release candidate] Little CMS 2.18 release candidate 1

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Hi,

 

It's time to make a new release. Stabilization in this case.

 

The first release candidate is available here:

 

https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/releases/tag/lcms2.18rc_1

 

Changes

 

*	Added projects for XCode 26 & Visual Studio 2026
*	Added documentation for PCS illuminants and chromatic adaptation
*	Check for a possible out-of-bounds in softproofing transforms when
using cmsCreateExtendedTransform
*	Fix for a out-of-bound read, issue #522
*	Add an extra check for out-of-bounds read when misusing a support
function
*	avoid divide by zero, special case from spec. notes on CAM02
*	Fix CGATS parser bug when number has a "+" sign
*	Fix a typo when handling a special case for BPC
*	Fixed a loss of precision when Lab16 is used as input color space on
integer transforms
*	Fixes hypotetical corrupted pointer in non-happy path. Cannot happen
in real world
*	Fix a theoretical memory leak.
*	Add support of localized descriptions in v2 profiles for MacOS
*	Mark some tables as const
*	Make the param of cmsCreateLab4Profile() to refer to the media white
instead of the illuminant
*	fix a warning in unit tests
*	Remove redundant check. Fixes #497
*	Update autotools
*	fix plugins soname + add oklab to transicc (experimental)
*	meson: ability to disable .so.version libraries
*	Fix black point detection when using darker colorant.
*	testcms2.c: Fix incorrect string comparisons
*	Fix CICp tag size.
*	Fix broken linkicc
*	meson: Bump minimum Meson version to 0.52 for visibility:hidden
*	meson: Disable unused fs import
*	Add a guard against a wrong use of flags
*	Fix for #469 heap buffer overflow on convert_utf16_to_utf32()

 

Feel free to test it on all your products, tentative release date for final
lcms2-2.18 is end of year. Please contact me on any issue either on info {
at } littecms.com or by using this list.

 

Best regards

Marti Maria

The LittleCMS Project

https://www.littlecms.com