Release Notes
---------------

v0.4.0
^^^^^^^

**New features:**

- Support for arm sbsa and jetson.
- Python wheels (binaries only) are available on pypi.
- :code:`nvtiffStreamParse()` API added to support tiff files already on host memory.
- :code:`nvtiffDecodeImage()` API added which can decode a single image from a tiff file. It also supports region of interest for decoding and  also provides the ability to select output format.

**Breaking Changes:**

   * nvtiff-*.whl which was posted as part of `nvTIFF github samples <https://github.com/NVIDIA/CUDALibrarySamples/tree/master/nvTIFF>`__ is no longer supported. Python API support for nvTIFF will be available in a future nvImageCodec release.
   * Centos 7 is no longer supported.


v0.3.1
^^^^^^^

- This release provides important security updates for CVE-2023-31027 and is recommended for all users.

   * To view any published security bulletins for NVIDIA products, see the NVIDIA product security page (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/security/). 
   * For more information regarding NVIDIA's security vulnerability remediation policies, see (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/security/psirt-policies/)


v0.3.0
^^^^^^^

**New features**:

- CUDA 12 support - Binaries for both CUDA 11.x and CUDA 12.x are available.

- APIs to retrieve GeoTIFF metadata.

- TIFF files with the following characteristics can now be decoded -

    - TIFF files with multiple images having different properties.
    - Pixel data can be organized as tiles.
    - Planar Configuration can now be Planar Separate.
    - Upto 8 samples per pixel in Planar Contiguous mode.
    - JPEG compression (via nvJPEG).
    - Color space can be Palette or Transparency Mask.


**Breaking Changes**:

- nvTiff.h renamed to nvtiff.h

- Following APIs have been dropped


    - :code:`nvTiffFile_t *nvTiffOpen`

    - :code:`void nvTiffClose`

    - :code:`void nvTiffDumpRaw`

    - :code:`void nvTiffPrint`

    - :code:`void nvTiffH2DAsync`

    - :code:`int nvTiffDecode`

    - :code:`int nvTiffDecodeRange`

    - :code:`int nvTiffDecodeRange`



v0.2.0
^^^^^^^
**New features**:

- New API added to support zlib decode with `nvCOMP Library <https://developer.nvidia.com/nvcomp>`__ .

- Encoder/Decoder supports 16bit and fp32 pixel formats.

- Hopper (sm90) support is added.

**Deprecated Features**:

The following APIs will be removed in next release 

- :code:`nvTiffFile_t NVTIFFAPI *nvTiffOpen`

- :code:`void NVTIFFAPI nvTiffClose`

- :code:`void NVTIFFAPI nvTiffDumpRaw`

- :code:`void NVTIFFAPI nvTiffPrint`

- :code:`void NVTIFFAPI nvTiffH2DAsync`

- :code:`int NVTIFFAPI nvTiffDecode`

- :code:`int NVTIFFAPI nvTiffDecodeRange`

- :code:`int NVTIFFAPI nvTiffDecodeRange`

.. note:: This release tar ball / Windows files will be updated to new installer packages soon.  

v0.1.0
^^^^^^^
- First release of the nvTiff library.
- Refer to the :ref:`nvtiffintroduction-label` section of the documentation for the list of features supported.