OpenSlide 3.4.1 and updated Python/Java bindings released

[Benjamin Gilbert]

Hello,

OpenSlide 3.4.1 has been released, along with updated versions of the
Java and Python bindings and a new Windows build.

OpenSlide 3.4.1 adds support for Philips TIFF and Ventana TIFF, improves 
the performance of JPEG and JP2K decoding, and adds support for OpenJPEG 
2.1.0.  It also includes fixes and improvements for Aperio, Hamamatsu, 
Leica, Sakura, and Ventana slides, as well as many portability fixes.

OpenSlide Python 1.1.0 adds an extension module which significantly 
improves pixel read performance.  The example viewers now display a 
scale bar via the OpenSeadragonScalebar plugin.

OpenSlide Java 0.12.1 improves support for cross-building for Windows 
from newer Linux distributions.

The new Windows build adds separate debug symbols for all binaries.

As usual, they're at:

     http://openslide.org/download/

More detailed changelogs are below.

Thanks,
--Benjamin Gilbert



OpenSlide 3.4.1
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  * New formats: Philips TIFF, Ventana TIFF
  * Support OpenJPEG 2.1.0
  * Improve performance of JPEG and JP2K decoding
  * Add openslide.region[i].* properties
  * Improve MATLAB compatibility
  * Enable function deprecation warnings with MSVC
  * Many portability fixes
  * aperio: Detect OpenJPEG chroma subsampling breakage during open
  * aperio: Fill in missing tiles with downsampled data
  * aperio: Report MPP for slides scanned in locales with decimal comma
  * hamamatsu: Support NDPI files > 4 GB
  * hamamatsu: Properly detect NDPI slides produced by NDP.toolkit
  * hamamatsu: Support VMS/VMU slides without a NoLayers key
  * hamamatsu: Report MPP for VMS/VMU
  * leica: Support slides with 2010/03/10 XML namespace
  * leica: Base64-decode leica.barcode property in 2010/10/01 namespace
  * sakura: Support slides with multiple focal planes
  * sakura: Support slides without tile table
  * ventana: Support slides with multiple focal planes
  * ventana: Improve positioning of AOIs within level
  * ventana: Fix failure to recognize macro image on some slides


OpenSlide Python 1.1.0
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  * Improve pixel read performance using optional extension module
  * examples: Add scale bar via OpenSeadragonScalebar plugin
  * examples: Update OpenSeadragon to 1.2.1
  * examples: Enable rotation buttons in multiserver
  * examples: Verify at server startup that file was specified
  * examples: Disable pinch zoom outside of viewer


OpenSlide Java 0.12.1
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  * Bundle Classpath JNI headers for Windows cross builds