Re: [libpng:feature-requests] #32 Modern compressor
Chris Lilley <[email protected]>
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On 2016-12-30 21:12, Златовратский Павел wrote: > > Year ago there was discussion about PNG-2.0.... > Yes, this sounds like a 2.0 feature. > > As new compression method will break compatibility it should be part > of this. > > I proposed LZMA and ZPAQ, we may discuss other (and other 2.0 features). > LZMA is a non-starter. It was considered for WOFF 2 ( a font compression scheme used for webfonts) and rejected because there is no adequate documentation, just a sample implementation that everyone else must reverse engineer. This is why we used Brotli compression instead. It would be a good candidate for PNG 2.0 also. -- Chris Lilley @svgeesus Technical Director @ W3C W3C Strategy Team, Core Web Design W3C Architecture & Technology Team, Core Web & Media ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ png-mng-misc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc