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-Release notes for version 1.11 of the dvipng package:
+Release notes for version 1.12 of the dvipng package:
This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX
and its relatives.
-The 1.11 release is a regression fix for v 1.10.
+The main code addition in v 1.12 is to allow usage of recent versions
+of the xcolor package, which also will reenable much of the PSTricks
+package.
-From v 1.10, dvipng will be available under the LGPL rather than the
-GPL. This is because the GPL restricts inclusion in some rendering
-systems out there. I have decided to change to LGPL because a) there
-are other possible albeit slower conversion paths from DVI to PNG, and
-b) dvipng has been available (pre-release and release) for five years
-now, which should be enough of a head start for the GNU community.
+Still it is the case that dvipng can only handle drawing PostScript
+code at the moment, not PostScript code intended to make dvips + gs
+scale, rotate, or move DVI glyphs (characters). This is because the
+graphics state cannot be communicated back to dvipng from gs. So no
+guarantees. Also, the performance in terms of runtime could be better.
-
-The main code addition in v 1.10 is limited support for literal
-PostScript specials, using gs. For example, most of the PSTricks
-package can now be rendered using dvipng. Unfortunately, dvipng can
-only handle drawing PostScript code at the moment, not PostScript code
-intended to make dvips + gs scale, rotate, or move DVI glyphs
-(characters). This is because the graphics state cannot be
-communicated back to dvipng from gs. So no guarantees. Also, the
-performance in terms of runtime could be better.
-
-Other changes include internal changes to the DVI stack, DVI flags,
-some build issues on AIX and glyph-index-checking fixes.
+Other changes include a fix for inclusion of bitmaps with transparent
+background and a typo in the file-handling code on machines that do
+not have mmap.
Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions.