The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
* libwebp 1.3.0
* libwebp-devel 1.3.0
* libwebp7 1.3.0
* libwebpdecoder3 1.3.0
* libwebpdemux2 1.3.0
* libwebpmux3 1.3.0
WebP is a modern web image format with superior compression.
WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs.
Lossless WebP supports (alpha channel) transparency at a cost of 22% overhead.
WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than JPEG images at equivalent quality.
Lossy WebP supports transparency with 3Ã smaller file sizes than PNG.
A WebP file consists of VP8 or VP8L image data in a RIFF container.
For more information see the project home page:
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
As there are multiple components and changes each release please
see below or read /usr/share/doc/libwebp/NEWS after installation;
for complete details of changes see:
/usr/share/doc/libwebp/ChangeLog
or
https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+log/refs/tags/v1.3.0/ChangeLog
version 1.3.0 2022-12-16
This is a binary compatible release.
* add libsharpyuv, which exposes -sharp_yuv/config.use_sharp_yuv
functionality to other libraries; libwebp now depends on this library
* major updates to the container and lossless bitstream docs
* miscellaneous warning, bug & build fixes
