libpng 1.6.49 - June 12, 2025
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This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production code.


Files available for download
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Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux):

 * libpng-1.6.49.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
 * libpng-1.6.49.tar.gz (deflate-compressed)

Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows):

 * lpng1649.7z (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
 * lpng1649.zip (deflate-compressed)

Other information:

 * README.md
 * LICENSE.md
 * AUTHORS.md
 * TRADEMARK.md


Changes from version 1.6.48 to version 1.6.49
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 * Added SIMD-optimized code for the RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV).
   (Contributed by Manfred Schlaegl, Dragos Tiselice and Filip Wasil)
 * Added various fixes and improvements to the build scripts and to
   the sample code.


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