[Libexif-devel] Re: libmnote and libexif merged

[Roberto C. <rob...@en...>]

Lutz Müller wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I merged libmnote into libexif. Canon maker notes now should be loaded
> and saved correctly (see test/test-mnote). That is, you should no longer
> experience any data loss when using libexif on your canon EXIF data.
> 
> I have yet to make exif aware of the new functionality.
> 
> I haven't fixed the pentax and olympus maker notes yet.
> 
> Regards
> --
> Lutz Müller <lu...@us...>

Hello,
I'm very glad to receive such a good news and to see that the mailing
list is now back to normal, thanks for your work!

I haven't had yet enough time to look at it closely as I would like to,
in the meantime a couple of questions naturally come into my mind:
What happens to a picture with a maker note not recognized by libexif?
Since the format of maker notes is usually not disclosed by camera
manifacturers and not completely known, which are the assumptions
libexif currently does about it in order to prevent loss of data?

Cheers,
Roberto