v2.9.0 (RC1)

What's Changed

Note

Version 2.9.0 increases the minimum supported targets.

• net3.5 is no longer supported.
• netstandard1.3 is still supported.
• netstandard2.0 was bumped to netstandard2.1.
• net45 was bumped to net462.

These changes allow the library to utilise APIs with better performance.

• Support Apple run time data in makernotes by @drewnoakes in #343
• Fix NikonPictureControl1Directory parsing by @drewnoakes in #349
• Reader tweaks and fix reading of trailing whitespace by @drewnoakes in #350
• Fix incorrect descriptor in Sony Type1 makernote by @drewnoakes in #351
• Added code to parse OM System II makernote (uses Olympus II makernote) by @AndyDragon in #354
• Remove net3.5 target by @drewnoakes in #358
• Work around invalid XMP XML by @drewnoakes in #359
• Bump netstandard2.0 to netstandard2.1 by @drewnoakes in #360
• Spanify various things and use UTF-8 literals by @iamcarbon in #361
• Spanify (part 2) by @iamcarbon in #363
• Run tests against net8.0 & update xunit by @iamcarbon in #364
• Tidy up tests by @iamcarbon in #365
• Use BinaryPrimitives by @iamcarbon in #366
• Spanify (3/n) by @iamcarbon in #367
• Spanify SequentialReader by @drewnoakes in #368
• Spanify Iso2022Converter by @drewnoakes in #369
• IPTC fixes by @drewnoakes in #370
• Trim null bytes from NikonPictureControl2Directory values by @drewnoakes in #371
• Permit var and explicit types by @drewnoakes in #372
• Spanify StringValue conversions by @drewnoakes in #373
• Extend GeoTIFF support by @drewnoakes in #374
• Spanify ByteTrie.Find by @iamcarbon in #375
• Update JpegSegmentPreamble to UTF-8 spans by @iamcarbon in #376
• Tidy up code and eliminate some allocations by @iamcarbon in #378
• Make missing APIs an error by @drewnoakes in #377
• Use IReadOnlyCollection, collection expressions by @drewnoakes in #379
• Bump target framework from net45 to net462 by @drewnoakes in #382
• Use primary constructors by @iamcarbon in #384
• Add GitHub CI workflow by @drewnoakes in #383
• Treat warnings as errors by @drewnoakes in #385
• Spanify indexed reader classes by @drewnoakes in #380
• Polyfill non-allocating encoding span->string without byte[] by @drewnoakes in #386
• Remove JetBrains.Annotations by @drewnoakes in #387
• Make ByteConvert util class internal by @drewnoakes in #388
• Remove explicit Version MSBuild property by @drewnoakes in #389

New Contributors

• @AndyDragon made their first contribution in #354

Full Changelog: 2.8.1...2.9.0-rc1