Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 23:02:39 +0400 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: Dirk Meyer <dinoex@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Turning APNG to on by default in graphics/png Message-ID: <20110525190239.GA46219@vniz.net> In-Reply-To: <4DDD4A44.60306@aldan.algebra.com> References: <4DDD4A44.60306@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 02:28:20PM -0400, Mikhail T. wrote: > I'd like to see this option on by default now. I think, it's been available (off > by default) long enough and I, for one, always turn it on for completeness. > There used to be concerns about security of animated PNG code, but today I can > not find any advisories fresher than 2008: > > http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/48766 Wrong place to find advisores related to subj. See http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html page, right below yellow tables. Latest one fixed Feb 3 2011. > Various Mozilla applications will then be able to LIB_DEPEND on the installed > png instead of building their own versions. FYI: apng is quick hack to overcome animated gifs limitations and libpng author is strongly against it, suggesting to use more flexible mng instead: http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng/ -- http://ache.vniz.net/
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