Re: [Libjpeg-devel-6x] Support for renaming public API in supportof dual 8bit/12bit configurations

[Guido V. <gu...@jp...>]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> 
> Like it or not, JPEG 6b will be with us for quite some time even when
> JPEG 7 is available.  It takes several years for conservative stable
> Linux distributions (e.g. Debian) to update something as fundamental
> as libjpeg, ...

Actually the Debian libjpeg maintainer, Bill Allombert, was one of
the most supportive forces for the v7 update!
Particularly he has proposed the versioned symbol feature, to allow
rapid installation of the new version and gradually update packages
to use it without ABI compatibility issues.
So I would expect rapid adoption in Linux distributions.
Also notice that v8 is already announced for the next year, so 6b
should vanish rather quickly.
I have taken great care that v6b can be replaced seamlessly with v7,
and even v8 will remain API compatible while introducing essential
novelties.
So lets look forward to the first update on Saturday, it should be
there when you wake up and may be a good reason to celebrate...

Regards
Guido