ImageMagick-6.2.6-2

ImageMagick-6.2.6-2 is being released tommorrow.  See

  http:
//www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php

for recent changes.  The primary reason for the release is
for a bug
fix for users calling the API in a threaded environment. 
However, there
is also a new -layers option which Anthony will be talking
about on the
list in the near future.  Note, -layers is new so it may not
be stable
until the next point release, 6.2.6-3.

Also, tommorrow a new release of the Wizard's Toolkit will
be available.
The Wizard's Toolkit started as an API with all the
ImageMagick
support methods unrelated to imaging but it has expanded
into much more:

    * Return files as Binary Large OBjectS
    * Write/read characters, shorts, words, and long words
to/from a file
    * Compute a cyclic redunancy checksum
    * Handle C exceptions
    * Generate a secure hash (includes MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224,
SHA-256, SHA-384,
      and SHA-512)
    * Generate a keyed-hash for message authentication
    * Map content with its associated mime type and file
extension
    * Log events to the console or XML-style file
    * Anonymous memory-mapped memory allocation/deallocation
    * Increase entropy with message compression
    * Generate cryptographically-strong random numbers
    * Acquire/Relinquish resources
    * Acquire/Relinquish semaphores
    * Store/retrieve key-value pairs to/from a hashmap or
linked-list
    * Store/retrieve key-value pairs to/from a
self-adjusting binary tree
    * Parse or generate a XML document
    * Convenience methods for dealing with strings

The Wizard's Toolkit has the same license as ImageMagick
and is available
here:

  http://
www.wizards-toolkit.org/WizardsToolkit

Note it will take up to 48 hours to mirror these releases
worldwide so
you may need to wait for it to show up at your favorite
mirror.
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