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Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 31.05.2008, 12:30

> > avoid these problems by running gifsicle -e
> > logo.gif --output=logo. That will produce files named logo.000,
> > logo.001, logo.002, ... So I decided not to provide a patch.
>
> There is always a hack confirming that it "works" ... but still:
>
> - Default behavior should be good, not bad

It is good enough for me, because it works on LFN-enabled systems and there's a work around for systems with SFN only.

> - In DOS (and Win32), GIF images are supposed to carry the file extension
> ".GIF", not ".000" or so. LXPIC refuses your ".000" or more GIF's.

Then LXPIC is stupid. A software should never rely on a file extension. That's why signatures exist in file format specifications.

> Thus, it still should be LOGO000.GIF, LOGO001.GIF etc. for DOS

I don't think so. But it's open source. So feel free to continue your own port doing "all things better".

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Complete thread:

• Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - rr, 19.05.2008, 11:38 (Announce)
  • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - Rugxulo, 19.05.2008, 22:28
    • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - rr, 19.05.2008, 23:31
    • GIFtrans - Steve, 20.05.2008, 00:09
    • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - rr, 08.09.2008, 12:10
      • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 21:46
        • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - rr, 09.09.2008, 22:53
          • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 23:08
            • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - rr, 10.09.2008, 11:38
              • Gifsicle version 1.51 available (port) - Rugxulo, 10.09.2008, 15:56
  • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - DOS386, 31.05.2008, 02:03
    • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - Steve, 31.05.2008, 03:34
      • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - DOS386, 31.05.2008, 03:42
        • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - Steve, 31.05.2008, 04:13
    • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - rr, 31.05.2008, 12:30
      • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - DOS386, 04.06.2008, 02:38
        • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - rr, 04.06.2008, 09:31
          • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - DOS386, 06.06.2008, 00:39
            • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - Steve, 06.06.2008, 01:22
              • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - DOS386, 06.06.2008, 03:38
                • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - Steve, 06.06.2008, 05:52
                  • Gifsicle version 1.51 (and 1.52) available (hacky ports) - rr, 06.06.2008, 09:46