[Openexr-devel] Request for testing

[Drew Hess]

Hey all,

If you're currently using OpenEXR and you're familiar with CVS, I'd love 
to get some feedback on the upcoming release (1.0.7), which is now checked 
into the CVS tree at GNU Savannah.

Here's how you get the CVS source:

cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/openexr login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/openexr co OpenEXR

When the "login" command asks you for a password, just hit the Enter key.

Then read README.CVS for instructions on how to build in GNU/Linux, IRIX, 
OS X, or any other UNIX-like OS.  If you're using Windows, you can load 
the Visual C++ projects in vc/vc{6,7}.

Let me know if you have problems building or using this version of 
OpenEXR.  I'm especially interested to hear from Win32 and OS X 
developers.  Everything looks cool on GNU/Linux on my end.

If all goes well, I'll officially release this version as 1.0.7 in a few 
days.  I recommend that you wait for the official release before you ship 
any apps with this new version of OpenEXR, just in case something is 
currently broken.

The main change to 1.0.7 is support for some new "standard" attributes.  
These were developed with the help of Greg Ward and Joseph Goldstone.  
They specify primary and white point chromaticities, absolute luminance,
and camera settings, among other things.  See ImfStandardAttributes.h for
details on how to use them and what they mean.  These attributes are
optional (i.e. OpenEXR applications should still work if they're not
present), but if you're generating OpenEXR images and have data to fill
them, we recommend that you use them.


thanks
-dwh-