The following packages have been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
* libwebp 1.2.4
* libwebp-devel 1.2.4
* libwebp7 1.2.4
* libwebpdecoder3 1.2.4
* libwebpdemux2 1.2.4
* libwebpmux3 1.2.4
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/+/refs/tags/v1.2.4/ChangeLog
version 1.2.4 8/4/2022
* restore CMake libwebpmux target name for compatibility with 1.2.2
* fix lossless crunch mode encoding with WEBP_REDUCE_SIZE
This is a binary compatible release.
