[Lprof-anounce] LPROF 1.11.2 developement snapshot released

[Hal V. E. <hv...@as...>]

I'm pleased to announce that version 1.11.2 of LPROF is now available. =A0L=
PROF
is an open source application that will create ICC profiles for use with
other applications such as Scribus, CinePaint, Krita, UFRAW and the
development version of GIMP. This is the fifth development snap shot of the
work that has been underway since LPROF became a SourceForge project. =A0Pl=
ease
see =A0the LPROF SourceForge web pages http://sourceforge.net/projects/lprof
for details.

This is a development snapshot of what will become version 1.12 when it is
stable. =A0Although testing by the development team indicates that this sna=
pshot=20
appears to be stable it is a development release and as such it should
not considered to be a stable release. =A0It has not been extensively tested
and may have significant unknown bugs. =A0This is being made available so t=
hat
users can test the new release and report problems and make suggestions for
improvements.

Changes since 1.11.1

1. LPROF now includes scons-local to ensure that all users are using a know=
=20
good version of SCons.=20

2. Some changes have been made to the SCons scripts to make builds more=20
reliable.  The build should now run correctly on most POSIX systems.  But=20
builds on Windows and Mac OS/X have not been tested at this point.  Please=
=20
report both problems and successes with builds.  If you have build problems=
=20
on your platform please report it in the LPROF bug tracker on=20
SourceForge.net.  If you would like to report a successfull build please=20
report it in the LPROF Open Discussion form on SourceForge.net. =20

3. LPROF now correctly supports IT8.7/2 images with color depths greater th=
an=20
8 bits/channel and should correctly handle images with the following per=20
channel representations:
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   a. 8 bit unsigned integer.
   b. 16 bit signed integer.
   c. 16 bit unsigned integer.
   d. 32 bit signed integer.
   e. 32 bit unsigned integer.
   f.  32 bit floating point (float).
   g. 64 bit floating point (double).

Only a and c have been tested at this point and users with the ability to=20
create other file formats are encouraged to test these and report both=20
problems and successes.  If you find an image format that does not work=20
please report it in the LPROF bug tracker on SourceForge.net.  If you would=
=20
like to report a success please report it in the LPROF Open Discussion form=
=20
on SourceForge.net. =20

4. To implement #3 LPROF is now dependant on VIGRA.   Any version from 1.30=
 on=20
should work.  Both 1.3.3 and 1.4.0 have been tested.

Hal Engel