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+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 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.
+
+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.
+
+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.