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+Release Notes -- Apache JBIG2 ImageIO -- Version 3.0.0
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The Java ImageIO plugin for JBIG2 enables access to images encoded using the JBIG2
+image compression standard. This component is part of the Apache PDFBox® project.
+
+This is the first release of the plugin under the umbrella of the Apache PDFBox project.
+
+For more details on all fixes and improvements included in this release, please refer
+to the following issues on the PDFBox issue tracker at
+https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX.
+
+Bug
+
+[PDFBOX-4014] - Malformed/pathological/malicious input can lead to infinite looping
+
+Task
+
+[PDFBOX-4065] - Set JBIG2 plugin to jdk6
+
+Fixes which were solved before the sources where donated to the ASF:
+
+https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/25: Build tests fail if project path has a space.
+https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/26: Huffman user tables in text regions.
+https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/27: Problems in standard Huffman tables.
+https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/32: Newlines printed to stdout.
+
+
+Release Contents
+----------------
+
+This release consists of a single source archive packaged as a zip file.
+The archive can be unpacked with the jar tool from your JDK installation.
+See the README.md file for instructions on how to build this release.
+
+The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP
+signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
+The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
+https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pdfbox/KEYS.
+
+About Apache PDFBox
+-------------------
+
+Apache PDFBox is an open source Java library for working with PDF documents.
+This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing
+documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox
+also includes several command line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published
+under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+For more information, visit http://pdfbox.apache.org/
+
+About The Apache Software Foundation
+------------------------------------
+
+Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational,
+legal, and financial support for more than 100 freely-available,
+collaboratively-developed Open Source projects. The pragmatic Apache License
+enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software;
+the Foundation's intellectual property framework limits the legal exposure
+of its 2,500+ contributors.
+
+For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/
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# Release notes
## Version 3.0.0 (pending)
+- [PDFBOX-4014](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4014): Malformed/pathological/malicious input can lead to infinite looping
+- [PDFBOX-4065](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4065): Set JBIG2 plugin to jdk6
- [Issue #30](https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/30): Transition project to Apache PDFBox.
- [Issue #25](https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/25): Build tests fail if project path has a space.
- [Issue #26](https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/issues/26): Huffman user tables in text regions.
