Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:02:34 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Coleman Kane" <cokane@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APNG patch for graphics/png port Message-ID: <op.ul8oa7m49aq2h7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1229380736.6657.3.camel@localhost> References: <1229278954.1718.10.camel@localhost> <op.ul6s9fow9aq2h7@localhost> <1229380736.6657.3.camel@localhost>
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:38:56 -0600, Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 22:54 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:22:34 -0600, Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I recently played with building Thunderbird 3.0b1 from source (it >> works >> > pretty well, btw). I was playing with some of the options to enable >> > using the system versions of a number of libraries, rather than >> relying >> > upon statically linking them into the project. >> >> We should keep compile static link, because PNG folks disapprove >> Mozilla's >> APNG patch. It's what we did with Firefox 3. >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz >> > > Any idea why the mozilla folk jumped on further developing APNG, rather > than just using (much more mature) MNG for the same purpose? I have no idea. The google has found useful links and I think two URLs might help you. I didn't read there as I have no interest with and don't care about APNG vs MNG. http://mozilla.wikia.com/wiki/APNG_vs_MNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG#History Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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