Re: Future-proofing SANE.

From: Jonathan Buzzard (jonathan@buzzard.org.uk)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 08:22:20 PDT

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>
> do you think it makes sense to compile a sane version of today in 2003?
>
> There is no real advantage to use GIF or LZW today, there still exist
> formats that are at least as good as GIF or LZW. In 3 years GIF and
> LZW may be irrelevant at all. If not we still can include it then.
> (BTW is the Year 2003 correct that the LZW algorithem gets free?)
>

Yes, sometime in July if memory serves me correct. By the time it's
free it's likely not to matter. Though it does not matter just yet
for me.

JAB.

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