take the lib directory name (eg. "lib64" etc.) from the configure
time libdir

For consistency. Although I don't think it can meaningfully fail.

test loading from a lower layer

we were not copying the quant tables on lower pyr levels correctly

add a test too

Disable modules by default when building static libraries

Might help: https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/2317

We were passing int* when TIFFGetField wanted unit16, so subifd counts
could sometimes be wrong.

svgload: skip images with invalid dimensions

see https://github.com/libvips/libvips/discussions/2322

thanks DavidStorm

simple convenience function for C

Use the configure time prefix second rather than going straight to
search. This should help ruby...

if VIPS_INFO is set

update LT_INIT with new dll option

use /lib64 instead of /lib when needed

see https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/1167

Unref source on vips_foreign_load_pdf_close

and a version bump to 8.12 for the new dev cycle

rsvg_handle_render_cairo() is deprecated

Delete Cairo context on rsvg_handle_render_cairo error

Since threads on Windows can be terminated prior to the execution
of the atexit registered funct...

And GIFs with transparent elements as RGBA. This can make downstream
processing (eg. in vipsdisp...

it was called from a bg thread and could race when under heavy load, eg.
vipsdisp displaying ani...

+ {Image,Graphics}Magick -> libMagick

Clean up more resources in vips_shutdown

this should be set in the app layer, not by libraries

the old limit was 1,000, which was a little low

Ensure compatibility with Cygwin

Only build libjxl as a loadable module when it can be found

G_PLATFORM_WIN32 is no longer defined for Cygwin.

- heifload operation now defined in heifload.c, etc.
- C API wrappers moved to foreign.c

and rename as vips__thread_execute()

Update C++ binding and function list

unset LC_ALL in test/, thanks ewelot

Reuse threads by using the thread pool of GLib (#2038)

We were not checking the reported image size against VIPS_MAX_COORD,
leading to some glib out-of...

Previously, jxl header decode waited for JXL_DEC_NEED_IMAGE_OUT_BUFFER status.
But libjxl will a...

large PPM images loaded over pipes could cause a crash, thanks ewelot

see https://github.com/li...

Minor doc correction

... again

it could loop in some circumstances