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                            Version 0.63, 04-jul-2021

                    Copyright (C) 1997-2021  James E. Fowler

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CHANGES:

Version 0.63:
  04-jul-2021:  BETA release version 0.63
  04-jul-2021:  Added -Wno-stringop-overread to CFLAGS for gcc build
  04-jul-2021:  Added exclusion of make_new_version in make_dist
  13-jan-2021:  Updated copyright year range for 2021
  30-oct-2020:  Added patching of QccPack.config to make_new_version
  30-oct-2020:  Added make_new_version

Version 0.62:
  30-oct-2020:  BETA release version 0.62
  30-oct-2020:  Updated README
  30-oct-2020:  Added svn commit and tagging to make_releasse
  30-oct-2020:  Added make_release
  29-oct-2020:  Added rpmsign to make_dist
  28-oct-2020:  Updated make_dist to build RPMs
  28-oct-2020:  Moved SPECK module into main distribution
  28-oct-2020:  Moved SPIHT module into main distribution
  28-oct-2020:  Fixed warning in QccMathPercent(), QccMathModulus()
  28-oct-2020:  Fixed warning in QccParsePrintUsage()
  28-oct-2020:  Updated copyright year range for 2020

Version 0.61:
  01-apr-2016:  BETA release version 0.61
  30-mar-2016:  Updated Cygwin installation instructions
  20-jan-2016:  Updated copyright year range for 2016
  20-jan-2016:  Fixed zero-subband-size bug in tce3d.c

Version 0.60:
  25-nov-2015:  BETA release version 0.60
  08-aug-2015:  Added QccFileReadLine()
  07-aug-2015:  Added QccFileGetRealPath()
  14-jul-2015:  Added QccFileWriteMagicNumberVersion()
  
Version 0.59:
  18-jun-2015:  BETA release version 0.59
  15-jun-2015:  Added QccFileRewind()
  14-jun-2015:  Updated copyright year range for 2015
  14-jun-2015:  Made QccENTExponentialGolombEncodeSymbol() and
                  QccENTExponentialGolombDecodeSymbol() visible
  09-jan-2014:  Updated copyright year range for 2014
  20-jul-2013:  Added Data/Matlab to QCCPACK_DATA_DIRS in Imakefile
  20-jul-2013:  Updated copyright year range for 2013
  21-dec-2011:  Updated copyright year range for 2011
  21-dec-2011:  Minor fixes for warning-free compilation with gcc-4.6
  23-jun-2009:  Added better support for uniform quantizers to sqencode,
                  sqdecode
  11-mar-2009:  Added logo.sed

Version 0.58:
  13-feb-2009:  BETA release version 0.58
  05-feb-2009:  Added klttcedecode3d.1, klttcedecode3d_lossless.1, 
                  klttceencode3d.1, klttceencode3d_lossless.1, 
                  tcedecode3d_lossless.1, tceencode3d_lossless.1
  05-feb-2009:  Added QccWAVtce3DLosslessEncode.3,
                  QccWAVtce3DLosslessDecodeHeader.3, 
                  QccWAVtce3DLosslessDecode.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DEncode.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DDecodeHeader.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DDecode.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DLosslessEncode.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DLosslessDecodeHeader.3, 
                  QccWAVklttce3DLosslessDecode.3
  05-feb-2009:  Added klttce3d.c, klttceencode3d.c, klttcedecode3d.c
  04-feb-2009:  Changed QccHYPrkltTrain(), QccHYPrkltTransform(),
                  QccHYPrkltInverseTransform() to use integer volumes
  04-feb-2009:  Added klttce3d_lossless.c, klttceencode3d_lossless.c,
                  klttcedecode3d_lossless.c
  04-feb-2009:  Fixed zero temporal_num_scales problem in 3D packet transforms
  02-feb-2009:  Added tce3d_lossless.c,
                  tceencode3d_lossless, tcedecode3d_lossless
  29-jan-2009:  QccHYPrkltTrain.3, QccHYPrkltFactorization.3,
                  QccHYPrkltTransform.3, QccHYPrkltInverseTransform.3
  29-jan-2009:  Added QccHYPrklt.3
  29-jan-2009:  Added QccHYPrkltInitialize(), QccHYPrkltAlloc(),
                  QccHYPrkltFree(), QccHYPrkltTrain(),
                  QccHYPrkltFactorization()
  28-jan-2009:  Added QccHYPrkltTransform(), QccHYPrkltInverseTransform()
  28-jan-2009:  Added QccMatrixIdentity(), QccMatrixRowExchange(),
                  QccMatrixColExchange(), QccMatrixIdentity.3,
                  QccMatrixRowExchange.3, QccMatrixColExchange.3
  16-jan-2009:  Updated copyright year range for 2009

Version 0.57:
  30-jun-2008:  BETA release version 0.57
  09-may-2008:  Added QccTimeTic(), QccTimeToc(), QccTime.3
  06-may-2008:  Fixed spatial_num_levels/temporal_num_levels bug in
                  initialization in bisk3d.c, wdr3d.c
  06-may-2008:  Fixed zero number of levels in
                  QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInversePacketDWT3D()
  26-apr-2008:  Added sam.c, icbsam.c, QccHYPImageCubeMeanSAM(),
                QccVectorAngle()
  17-apr-2008:  Added QccWAVtce3DEncode.3, tceencode3d.1
  16-apr-2008:  Added tce3d.c, tceencode3d.c, tcedecode3d.c
  16-apr-2008:  Added -bpv to rawtoicb.c, icbtoraw.c, rawdist3d.c
  16-apr-2008:  Added -bpp to rawtoicp.c, icptoraw.c, rawdist2d.c
  16-apr-2008:  Added bpv, bpp to QccHYPRaw(), QccHYPRawRead2D(),
                  QccHYPRawWrite2D(), QccHYPRawDist2D(), QccHYPRawRead3D(),
                  QccHYPRawWrite3D(), QccHYPRawDist3D(),

Version 0.56:
  14-mar-2008:  BETA release version 0.56
  14-mar-2008:  Added QccIMGImageComponentLBT.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentInverseLBT.3
  13-mar-2008:  Added QccFastDCT, QccFastDCTInitialize, QccFastDCTCreate,
                  QccFastDCTFree, QccFastDCTForwardTransform1D,
                  QccFastDCTInverseTransform1D, QccFastDCTForwardTransform2D,
                  QccFastDCTInverseTransform2D
  13-mar-2008:  Added fast_dct.c
  13-mar-2008:  Added dcttceencode.1, dcttcedecode.1
  13-mar-2008:  Added QccWAVdcttceEncode.3, QccWAVdcttceDecodeHeader.3,
                  QccWAVdcttceDecode.3
  13-mar-2008:  Renamed image_lapped_filter.c to image_lbt.c
  24-feb-2008:  Fixed memory leaks in dcttce.c, image_lapped_filter.c
  17-jan-2008:  Added Haar.fbk
  09-jan-2008:  Added dcttce.c, dcttceencode.c, dcttcedecode.c
  09-jan-2008:  Added image_lapped_filter.c
  09-jan-2008:  Added QccMatrixInverse(), QccMatrixInverse.3
  04-jan-2008:  Updated substr
  04-jan-2008:  Updated copyright year range for 2008
  11-dec-2007:  Fixed minor max_coefficients bug in QccWAVtceEncodeDWT()
  24-oct-2007:  Changed spawn to be able to handle commands with arguments
  09-oct-2007:  Added QCCMATHEPS
  01-oct-2007:  Added QccMatrixIntMultiply(), QccMatrixIntMultiply.3
  01-oct-2007:  Added QccMatrixMultiply(), QccMatrixMultiply.3
  28-sep-2007:  Added QccMatrixNullspace(), QccMatrixNullspace.3
  28-sep-2007:  Added QccMatrixOrthogonalize(), QccMatrixOrthogonalize.3
  28-sep-2007:  Modified QccMatrixSVD() to work with matrics of any size

Version 0.55:
  29-aug-2007:  BETA release version 0.55
  03-jul-2007:  Added limits.h include
  17-may-2007:  Fixed num_symbols bug in QccENTHuffmanDesign()
  16-may-2007:  Added check for invalid alphabet_size to
                  QccENTHuffmanEncodeChannel()
  10-may-2007:  Added num_pcs parameter to QccHYPkltTransform()
  10-may-2007:  Added -p option to icbklt
  10-may-2007:  Added QccIMGImageComponentReszie(), QccIMGImageCubeResize()
  04-may-2007:  Added QccVolumeResize(), QccVolumeIntResize()
  04-may-2007:  Added QccMatrixResize(), QccMatrixIntResize()
  04-may-2007:  Changed QccVectorIntRealloc() to QccVectorIntResize()
  04-may-2007:  Changed QccVectorRealloc() to QccVectorResize()
  04-may-2007:  Added QccVolumeVariance(), QccVolumeIntVariance()
  02-may-2007:  Added man pages for libQccPackHYP utils
  02-may-2007:  Added man pages for klt.c
  02-may-2007:  Added icbtocolor.c, hyperspectral.c
  02-may-2007:  Added icbextractframe.c, icbextractframe.1
  01-may-2007:  Added QccIMGImageCubeExtractFrame()
  01-may-2007:  Added klt.c, icbklt.c, icbiklt.c
  01-may-2007:  Added klt_train.c
  01-may-2007:  Added QccMatrixSVD()
  30-apr-2007:  Added GSL support
  30-apr-2007:  Added libQccPackHYP standard module

Version 0.54:
  30-apr-2007:  BETA release version 0.54
  28-jan-2007:  Fixed bug in yuvtoseq causing extra frame to be output
  12-jan-2007:  Fixed bug in QccWAVbiskDistortionTraceInitialize()
  12-jan-2007:  Updated copyright year range for 2007
  24-aug-2006:  Fixed bug for reading QCCWAVFILTERBANK_GENERAL filters in
                  QccWAVFilterBankReadData()
  16-aug-2006:  Added QccENTArithmeticResetModel()
  13-jul-2006:  Fixed bug in Cr calculation in QccIMGImageRGBtoYCbCr()

Version 0.53:
  15-jun-2006:  BETA release version 0.53
  15-jun-2006:  Added lifting_int_cdf5_3.c, CohenDaubechiesFeauveau.5-3.int.lft
  15-jun-2006:  Added man pages for subband_pyramid3D_int.c
  15-jun-2006:  Added man pages for subband_pyramid_int.c
  15-jun-2006:  Added subband_pyramid_int.c, subband_pyramid3D_int.c
  14-jun-2006:  Added QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDWT1DInt.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDWT2DInt.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDyadicDWT3DInt.3
  14-jun-2006:  Added QccWAVWaveletDWT1DInt.3, QccWAVWaveletDWT2DInt.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletDyadicDWT3DInt.3, QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3DInt.3
  14-jun-2006:  Added QccWAVWaveletAnalysis1DInt.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis2DInt.3, QccWAVWaveletAnalysis3DInt.3
  13-jun-2006:  Added QccWAVLiftingAnalysisInt.3
  13-jun-2006:  Added man pages for lazy_wavelet_int.c
  13-jun-2006:  Added QccWAVLiftingSchemeInteger.3
  13-jun-2006:  Added LWT.int.lft
  13-jun-2006:  Added sadwt_int.c
  13-jun-2006:  Revised interfaces to DWT routines to reduce memory
                  consumption (overwriting input data); updated man pages
  12-jun-2006:  Added dwt_int.c
  12-jun-2006:  Added wavelet_analysis_synthesis.c,
                  wavelet_analysis_synthesis_int.c
  12-jun-2006:  Renamed lifting_cdf9_7_int.c to lifting_int_cdf9_7.c
  12-may-2006:  Added lifting_scheme.c, lazy_wavelet_int.c, lifting_int.c,
                  lifting_cdf9_7_int.c
  12-may-2006:  Added CohenDaubechiesFeauveau.9-7.int.lft
  12-may-2006:  Added volume_int.c, QccVolumeInt.3
  12-may-2006:  Added matrix_int.c, QccMatrixInt.3
  11-may-2006:  Added vector_int.c, QccVectorInt.3

Version 0.52:
  05-may-2006:  BETA release version 0.52
  05-may-2006:  Fixed mismatch between encoder and decoder alpha in
                  tarp.c, tarp3d.c
  05-apr-2006:  Added comments about inconsistent SNR definitions
                  to icbdist.1
  05-apr-2006:  Added comments about inconsistent SNR and PSNR definitions
                  to imgdist.1
  19-jan-2006:  Updated copyright year range for 2006
  19-jan-2006:  Added coiflet.6.fbk
  02-dec-2005:  Fixed misstatement in seqtoicb.1
  04-nov-2005:  Fixed memory-free bug in icptoimg.c
  04-nov-2005:  Added -nl option to imgrdwt, imgrdwt.1

Version 0.51:
  11-aug-2005:  BETA release version 0.51
  11-aug-2005:  Updated imgdpcmencode.1, imgdpcmdecode.1, seqdeinterlace.1
  11-aug-2005:  Added -mae to imgdist.1, seqdist.1
  11-aug-2005:  Added icbdist.1
  11-aug-2005:  Added yuvtoseq.1 and seqtoyuv.1
  11-aug-2005:  Added seqtoicb.1 and icbtoseq.1
  11-aug-2005:  Added -sf and -ef switches to seqtoicb
  09-aug-2005:  Added ICB to QccFilePrintFileInfo()
  22-jul-2005:  Added QccPack.config.darwin
  19-jul-2005:  Added QccIMGImageSequenceToImageCube.3
  19-jul-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentToDataset.3
  19-jul-2005:  Added QccIMGImageSequence.3
  19-jul-2005:  Added QccIMGImageCube.3, QccIMGImageCubeRead.3,
                  QccIMGImageCubeClip.3, QccIMGImageCubeMean.3,
                  QccIMGImageCubeMSE.3, QccIMGImageCubeExtractBlock.3,
                  QccIMGImageCubeCopy.3
  23-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentDCT.3
  23-jun-2005:  Renamed QccWAVZerotreeCalcResolutions() to
                  QccWAVZerotreeCalcSizes()
  22-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentScalarQuantize.3
  21-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentDPCMEncode.3
  21-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentFilterSeparable.3
  21-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentDeinterlace.3,
                  QccIMGImageDeinterlace.3
  10-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageRGBtoYCbCr(), QccIMGImageYCbCrtoRGB(),
                  QccIMGImageRGBtoYCbCr.3, QccIMGImageYCbCrtoRGB.3
  10-jun-2005:  Cleaned up image_color_conversion.c, including correction of
                  RGB to YUV conversion
  09-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageRGBtoYUV.3
  09-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageRead.3, QccIMGImageCopy.3,
                  QccIMGImageColorSNR.3
  09-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImage.3
  09-jun-2005:  Renamed QccIMGImageGetResolution() to QccIMGImageGetSize();
                  QccIMGImageSetResolution() to QccIMGImageSetSize()
  09-jun-2005:  Renamed QccIMGImageGetResolutionYUV() to
                  QccIMGImageGetSizeYUV(); QccIMGImageSetResolutionYUV() to
                  QccIMGImageSetSizeYUV()
  07-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentMSE.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentExtractBlock.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentCopy.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentExtractSubpixel.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentInterpolateBilinear.3
  07-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentMean.3
  07-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentRead.3, QccIMGImageComponentClip.3,
                  QccIMGImageComponentAbsoluteValue.3
  07-jun-2005:  Renamed QccIMGClipPixelValue() to QccIMGImageComponentClip()
  07-jun-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponent.3

Version 0.50:
  25-may-2005:  BETA release version 0.50
  25-may-2005:  Added mesh_memc.1
  25-may-2005:  Added QccVIDMeshMotionEstimationSearch.3
  25-may-2005:  Added -mae option to imgdist.c, icbdist.c, seqdist.c
  25-may-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentMAE(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveMAE(),
                  QccIMGImageCubeMAE(), QccIMGImageCubeShapeAdaptiveMAE()
  25-may-2005:  Renamed QccDatasetMse(), QccIMGImageComponentMse(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveMse(),
                  QccIMGImageCubeMse(), QccIMGImageCubeShapeAdaptiveMse() to
                  QccDatasetMSE(), QccIMGImageComponentMSE(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveMSE(),
                  QccIMGImageCubeMSE(), QccIMGImageCubeShapeAdaptiveMSE()
  24-may-2004:  Added constrained_boundary and exponential_kernel to
                  mesh_motion_estimation.c and mesh_memc.c
  24-may-2005:  Added QccPoint.3, QccTriangle.3, QccRegularMesh.3
  23-may-2005:  Added ability to pass NULL pointers for values in
                  get routines of bit_buffer.c
  18-may-2005:  Fixed distortion-trace operation for shape-adaptive coding
                  in bisk.c
  18-may-2005:  Added -rd option to biskencode, biskencode.1
  18-may-2005:  Added QccWAVbiskDistortionTrace to bisk.c,
                  QccWAVbiskEncode.3
  17-may-2005:  Added QccWAVwdr3DEncode.3, QccWAVwdr3DDecode.3,
                  QccWAVwdr3DDecodeHeader.3
  17-may-2005:  Added wdrencode3d.1, wdrdecode3d.1
  17-may-2005:  Added icbread.m, icbwrite.m, icpread.m, icpwrite.m
  17-may-2005:  Added ICB to printfile
  16-may-2005:  Changed return values of QccECCReedSolomonDecode()
  10-may-2005:  Added QccFifoRestart(), QccFifoRestart.3
  05-may-2005:  Added seqtoyuv
  05-may-2005:  Removed -qcif and -sif options from yuvtoseq
  27-apr-2005:  Fixed failure to discard sets with zero size during set
                  shrinkage when no mask used in bisk.c and bisk3d.c
  11-apr-2005:  Added QccWAVbisk3DEncode2.3, QccWAVbisk3DDecode2.3
  11-apr-2005:  Added QccWAVbisk3DEncode2(), QccWAVbisk3DDecode2()
  21-mar-2005:  Added wdr3d.c, wdrencode3d.c, wdrdecode3d.c
  15-mar-2005:  Added -r to memc, memc.1
  09-mar-2005:  Added -r to mesh_memc
  07-mar-2005:  Added -eb to mesh_memc
  02-mar-2005:  Added QccVIDMotionEstimationMAE.3
  02-mar-2005:  Added mesh_memc
  02-mar-2005:  Added mesh_motion_estimation.c
  02-mar-2005:  Added QccIMGImageComponentExtractSubpixel()
  02-mar-2005:  Added point.c, triangle.c, regular_mesh.c

Version 0.49:
  18-feb-2005:  BETA release version 0.49
  18-feb-2005:  Fixed make_dist so as to not modify itself when changing
                  date and version
  18-feb-2005:  Modified substr to permit excluding filenames
  18-feb-2005:  Added spatialblockencode.1, spatialblockdecode.1
  18-feb-2005:  Added QccVIDSpatialBlockEncode.3, QccVIDSpatialBlockDecode.3,
                  QccVIDSpatialBlockDecodeHeader.3
  17-feb-2004:  Fixed failure to set temporal_num_levels for dyadic
                  decomposition in QccWAVbisk3DDecodeHeader()
  10-feb-2005:  Removed use of Huffman MVD tables from rwmh.c, rdwtblock.c,
                  spatialblock.c
  10-feb-2005:  Removed refinement vectors from rwmh.c, rwmhencode.c
  10-feb-2005:  Added block_size checks to rwmh.c, rdwtblock.c, spatialblock.c
  09-feb-2005:  Added QccENTExponentialGolombEncode.3,
                  QccENTExponentialGolombDecode.3
  09-feb-2005:  Added exponential-Golomb coding to
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsEncodeVector(),
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsDecodevector()
  09-feb-2005:  Added exponential_golomb.c
  07-feb-2005:  Added spatialblock.c, spatialblockencode.c,
                  spatialblockdecode.c

Version 0.48:
  02-feb-2005:  BETA release version 0.48
  01-feb-2005:  Fixed minor inconsistencies between man pages
  27-jan-2005:  Added QccFifo.3, QccFifoInitialize.3, QccFifoStart.3,
                  QccFifoEnd.3, QccFifoFlush.3
  27-jan-2005:  Made pipe in QccFifo nonblocking
  25-jan-2005:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidRasterScan.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidInverseRasterScan.3
  23-jan-2005:  Added reading and writing of motion vectors,
                  variable blocksize, and subpixel accuracy to
                  rwmhencode.1
  22-jan-2005:  Added reading and writing of motion vectors,
                  variable blocksize, and subpixel accuracy to
                  QccVIDrwmhEncode.3
  19-jan-2005:  Removed motion_estimation_levels from rwmh.c,
                  rwmhencode.c, QccVIDrwmhEncode.3, rwmhencode.1
  19-jan-2005:  Added QccWAVbiskEncode2.3, QccWAVbiskDecode2.3
  14-jan-2005:  Updated copyright year range for 2005
  14-jan-2005:  Added reading and writing of motion vectors,
                  variable blocksize, and subpixel accuracy to
                  QccVIDRDWTBlockEncode.3, rdwtblockencode.1
  14-jan-2005:  Added subpixel accuracy to QccVIDMotionVectorsEncode.3
  14-jan-2005:  Added QccFilterRead.3, QccFilterWrite.3
  14-jan-2005:  Added memc.1
  13-jan-2005:  Added QccVIDMotionEstimationExtractBlock.3,
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationInsertBlock.3,
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationFullSearch.3,
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationCalcReferenceFrameSize.3,
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationCreateReferenceFrame.3,
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationCreateCompensatedFrame.3
  12-jan-2005:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DAlloc.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DFree.3
  12-jan-2005:  Added QccMathMedian.3
  12-jan-2005:  Added QccVIDMotionVectorsReadFile.3,
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsWriteFile.3
  12-jan-2005:  Added QccMatrixVariance.3
  12-jan-2005:  Added msctocbk.c, msctocbk.h
  09-dec-2004:  Added QccWAVbiskEncode2(), QccWAVbiskDecode2()
  02-dec-2004:  Added arbitrary image size to yuvtoseq
  30-nov-2004:  Added QccFileDescriptorOpen(), QccFileDescriptorOpen.3
  30-nov-2004:  Added QccBitBufferCopy(), QccBitBufferCopy.3
  30-nov-2004:  Added fifo.c and QccFifo structure
  23-nov-2004:  Added QccVQCodebookCopy()
  19-nov-2004:  Minor acceleration of symmetric-extension
                  calculation in filter.c
  14-oct-2004:  Added Ungerboeck.3.tcd
  14-oct-2004:  Added QccECCTrellisStateTablePrint()
  13-oct-2004:  Fixed syndromes for trellis codes
  08-oct-2004:  Added QccMathProbabilityDensity typedef to math.c and lloyd.c
  08-oct-2004:  Added line buffering of stdout to QccInit()
  27-sep-2004:  Added reading and writing of motion vectors to
                  rdwtblock.c, rdwtblockencode, rdwtblockdecode
  27-sep-2004:  Added variable blocksizes to rdwtblock.c,
                  rdwtblockencode, rdwtblockdecode
  27-sep-2004:  Split ME/MC in rdwtencode.c into
                  QccVIDRDWTBlockMotionEstimation() and
                  QccVIDRDWTBlockMotionCompensation()
  27-sep-2004:  Added reading of motion vectors to rwmh.c,
                  rwmhencode, rwmhdecode
  27-sep-2004:  Added variable blocksize to rwmh.c, rwmhencode, rwmhdecode
  15-sep-2004:  Added QCCPACK_CODES_PATH facilities to crc.c, trellis_code.c
  15-sep-2004:  Added Ungerboeck.2.tcd, Ungerboeck.7.tcd, Baicheva16.crc,
                  atm8.crc, c2.crc, ccitt16.crc, ccitt4.crc, crc10.crc,
                  crc12.crc, crc32.crc, crc5.crc, crc6.crc, crc7.crc,
                  darc14.crc
  14-sep-2004:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidRasterScan(),
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidInverseRasterScan()
  14-sep-2004:  Added crc.c, trellis.c, viterbi.c, trellis_code.c
  10-sep-2004:  Added QccVQVectorQuantizeVector()
  06-sep-2004:  Fixed minor bug in QccChannelEntropy()
  11-aug-2004:  Added subpixel accuracy to rwmh.c,
                  rwmhencode.c, rwmhdecode.c
  10-aug-2004:  Added subpixel accuracy to rdwtblock.c,
                  rdwtblockencode.c, rdwtblockdecode.c
  10-aug-2004:  Added subpixel_accuracy to motion_vectors.c
  10-aug-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionEstimationCalcReferenceFrameSize()
  10-aug-2004:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DAlloc(),
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DFree()
  09-aug-2004:  Added eighth-pixel accuracy to motion_estimation.c, memc
  09-aug-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionVectorsReadFile()
  09-aug-2004:  Added memc
  09-aug-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionEstimationInsertBlock(),
                  QccVIDMotionEstimationCreateCompensatedFrame()
  04-aug-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionEstimationCreateReferenceFrame()
  04-aug-2004:  Added QccIMGImageComponentInterpolateBilinear() and
                  QccIMGImageComponentInterpolateFilter()
  04-aug-2004:  Added half-sample symmetric filtering to filter.c
  30-jul-2004:  Added motion_estimation.c
  26-jul-2004:  Added QccMathMedian()
  26-jul-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionVectorsWriteFile()
  23-jul-2004:  Added QCCVID_INTRAFRAME and QCCVID_INTERFRAME definitions
  23-jul-2004:  Changed QccIMGImageSequenceFree() to return void
  15-jul-2004:  Added QccIMGImageComponentInterpolate()
  07-jul-2004:  Added QccBitBufferPutBits.3, QccBitBufferGetBits.3
  07-jul-2004:  Added QccBitBufferPutBits(), QccBitBufferGetBits()
  11-jun-2004:  Added QccMatrixVariance()

Version 0.47:
  02-jun-2004:  BETA release version 0.47
  02-jun-2004:  Added making of documentation tarfile to make_dist
  02-jun-2004:  Added -f to gzip in make_dist
  02-jun-2004:  Fixed minor filelist bug in make_dist
  02-jun-2004:  Updated RELEASE-NOTES
  02-jun-2004:  Added QccVIDrwmhEncode.3, QccVIDrwmhDecode.3,
                  QccVIDrwmhDecodeHeader.3
  02-jun-2004:  Added rwmhencode.1, rwmhdecode.1
  02-jun-2004:  Fixed failure to take into account specified start and
                  end frames in QccVIDRWMHEncode(), QccVIDRDWTBlockEncode()
  02-jun-2004:  Fixed error messages in seqdist
  01-jun-2004:  Added QccAlpha.3, QccAlphaOpaque.3, QccAlphaTransparent.3,
                  QccAlphaTranslucent.3
  01-jun-2004:  Added biskencode3d.1, biskdecode3d.1
  01-jun-2004:  Added QccWAVbisk3DEncode.3, QccWAVbisk3DDecode.3,
                  QccWAVbisk3DDecodeHeader.3
  01-jun-2004:  Added target_bit_cnt to QccWAVbiskDecode(),
                  QccWAVwdrDecode(), QccWAVTarpDecode()
  01-jun-2004:  Added -r option to biskdecode, wdrdecode, tarpdecode
  01-jun-2004:  Finished QccWAVtceEncode.3
  31-may-2004:  Cleaned up rwmh.c
  31-may-2004:  Fixed missing memory allocation in QccWAVtceEncode()
  28-may-2004:  Added QccWAVtceEncode.3, QccWAVtceDecode.3,
                  QccWAVtceDecodeHeader.3
  28-may-2004:  Added QccFree.3
  05-may-2004:  Fixed parent_phase bug in
                  QccVIDRWMHPhaseOptimalVectorRefinement in rwmh.c
  16-mar-2004:  Fixed memory-allocation bug in imgdwt, imgidwt, sbptoicp,
                  icptosbp, make_noise_image
  04-mar-2004:  Fixed sprintf() calls in parse.c that were posing a
                  problem for some architectures
  04-mar-2004:  Fixed failure to set number of levels for mask in
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DShapeAdaptiveDWT()
  04-mar-2004:  Fixed failure to free mask_subband_pyramid in bisk3d.c
  29-feb-2004:  Added rwmhencode.c, rwmhdecode.c
  28-feb-2004:  Added rwmh.c
  17-feb-2004:  Added bisk3d.c, biskencode3d.c, biskdecode3d.c
  11-feb-2004:  Added set max/min to inverse DWT in tarp.c, tarp3d.c,
                  wdr.c, tce.c
  10-feb-2004:  Added chngolombencode.1, chngolombdecode.1
  10-feb-2004:  Added chngolombencode.c, chngolombdecode.c
  10-feb-2004:  Added QccENTGolombEncode.3, QccENTGolombDecode.3,
                  QccENTGolombEncodeChannel.3, QccENTGolombDecodeChannel.3
  10-feb-2004:  Added golomb.c, golomb_channel.c
  04-feb-2004:  Fixed failure to check for zero-sized subbands in
                  significance pass in tarp.c and tarp3d.c
  02-feb-2004:  Added USE_MTRACE option in QccPack.config
  02-feb-2004:  Added optional call to mtrace() in QccInit2()
  02-feb-2004:  Fixed memory leak in bisk.c - failure to free LIS properly,
                  various sets left uncontained in a list
  31-jan-2004:  Added QccFree()
  31-jan-2004:  Added frees to utilities
  24-jan-2004:  Added tceencode.1, tcedecode.1
  22-jan-2004:  Added tce.c, tceencode.c, tcedecode.c
  19-jan-2004:  Refined algorithm description in QccWAVTarpEncode.3 and
                  QccWAVTarp3DEncode.3

Version 0.46:
  13-jan-2004:  BETA release version 0.46
  13-jan-2004:  Removed versioning from shared library
  13-jan-2004:  Fixed Imakefile for install of RELEASE_NOTES
  13-jan-2004:  Removed detection of QccSPIHT module from
                  rdwtblockencode.c, rdwtblockdecode.c
  13-jan-2004:  Added QccVIDMotionVectorsTable,
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsTableCreate,
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsTableFree,
                  QccVIDMotionVectorsEncode, QccVIDMotionVectorsDecode
  13-jan-2004:  Added QccPackVID.3
  12-jan-2004:  Added rdwtblockencode.1, rdwtblockdecode.1
  12-jan-2004:  Added detection of QccSPIHT module to rdwtblockencode.c,
                  rdwtblockdecode.c, rdwtblock.c
  12-jan-2004:  Added QccVIDRDWTBlockEncode.3, QccVIDRDWTBlockDecodeHeader.3,
                  QccVIDRDWTBlockDecode.3
  09-jan-2004:  Added rdwtblock.c, rdwtblockencode.c, rdwtblockdecode.c
  09-jan-2004:  Added motion_vectors.c
  09-jan-2004:  Added libQccPackVID standard module
  08-jan-2004:  Modified arithmetic coding so that output stops at exactly
                  the specified number of bits when not equal to
                  QCCENT_ANYNUMBITS
  08-jan-2004:  Added checks to wavelet-based image decoders to ensure
                  that specified output file is grayscale
  08-jan-2004:  Fixed bug in reading/writing PBM files (inversion of
                  black and white) in image_pnm.c
  07-jan-2004:  Added QccFileSeekable(), QccFileFlush()
  07-jan-2004:  Updated seqdist.1
  02-jan-2004:  Updated copyright year range for 2004
  31-dec-2003:  Added -sf and -ef options to seqdist
  18-dec-2003:  Added ICIP paper to bisk man pages
  09-dec-2003:  Added QccVectorVariance()
  02-dec-2003:  Added yuvtoseq
  01-dec-2003:  Revised Imakefiles for installation of misc. documentation

Version 0.45:
  01-dec-2003:  BETA release version 0.45
  26-nov-2003:  Added QccPackSPECK module
  24-nov-2003:  Enabled shape-adaptive coding in tarp3d.c
  24-nov-2003:  Fixed minor mask size-checking bug in tarpencode3d.c,
                  tarpdecode3d.c
  22-nov-2003:  Added tarpencode3d.1, tarpdecode3d.1
  21-nov-2003:  Added QccWAVTarp3DEncode.3, QccWAVTarp3DDecodeHeader.3,
                  QccWAVTarp3DDecode.3
  21-nov-2003:  Added spatial_num_levels to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DDyadicToPacket()
  21-nov-2003:  Added num_levels to QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DPacketToDyadic()
  21-nov-2003:  Changed max_coefficient_bits in header to integer in
                  wdr.c, tarp.c, tarp3d.c, bisk.c
  21-nov-2003:  Added maximum bitplanes check to encoders in wdr.c, tarp.c,
                  tarp3d.c, bisk.c
  30-oct-2003:  Added symbolic links to dynamic library during make.libs
  30-oct-2003:  Replaced rindex() with strrchr() in file.c
  29-oct-2003:  Added tarp3d.c, tarpencode3d.c, tarpdecode3d.c
  30-sep-2003:  Fixed bug in QccVectorNormalize()

Version 0.44:
  10-sep-2003:  BETA release version 0.44
  10-sep-2003:  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DRead.3
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DCopy.3
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DZeroSubband.3
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DDWT.3
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DShapeAdaptiveDWT.3
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DPacketToDyadic.3
  10-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramid3D.3
  09-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDyadicDWT3D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseShapeAdaptiveDyadicDWT3D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptivePacketDWT3D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseShapeAdaptivePacketDWT3D.3
  09-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInversePacketDWT3D.3
  09-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletDyadicDWT3D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDyadicDWT3D.3
  09-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletAnalysis3D.3, QccWAVWaveletSynthesis3D.3
  09-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletLWT3D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT3D.3
  08-sep-2003:  Removed unnecessary temporary array allocations from
                  subband_pyramid.c, subband_pyramid3d.c
  05-sep-2003:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DPacketToDyadic(),
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DDyadicToPacket()
  05-sep-2003:  Removed I sets from bisk.c
  24-jul-2004:  Added icbdist.c
  23-jul-2003:  Added seqicb.c, seqtoicb.c, icbtoseq.c
  23-jul-2003:  Added image_cube.c
  23-jul-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletLWT3D(), QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT3D()
  22-jul-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseShapeAdaptiveDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptivePacketDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseShapeAdaptivePacketDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DShapeAdaptiveDWT(),
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid3DInverseShapeAdaptiveDWT()
  12-jul-2003:  Fixed reporting of glob() error for nonexistent directory
                  in QccFilePathSearch()
  08-jul-2003:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidRedundantDWTSubsample() and
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidRedundantDWTSubsample.3
  08-jul-2003:  Added subband_pyramid3D.c
  08-jul-2003:  Added subsample patterns to QccWAVWaveletDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3D(), QccWAVWaveletInversePacketDWT3D()
  08-jul-2003:  Added spatial_num_scales and temporal_num_scales to
                  QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3D(), QccWAVWaveletInversePacketDWT3D()
  08-jul-2003:  Added copying of subsample patterns in
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidCopy()
  07-jul-2003:  Fixed failure to account for origin and subsampling pattern
                  in QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandOffsets()
  03-jul-2003:  Fixed misspelling of QccWAVSubbandPyramidCalcCoefficientRange()
  24-jun-2003:  Added QccWAVWaveletAnalysis3D(), QccWAVWaveletSynthesis3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDyadicDWT3D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletPacketDWT3D(), QccWAVWaveletInversePacketDWT3D()
  10-jun-2003:  Fixed node-deletion bug for decoding in QccWAVwdrSortingPass()
  28-may-2003:  Added man pages for volume.c
  28-may-2003:  Added volume.c
  27-may-2003:  Made Imake.rules build libQccPack.so.major.minor instead
                  of libQccPack.so
  27-may-2003:  Added gzip compression for man_pages to make_dist 
  27-may-2003:  Added note about Microsoft Visual C++ to README
  22-may-2003:  Minor changes to eliminate warnings on IRIX

Version 0.43:
  09-may-2003:  BETA release version 0.43
  09-may-2003:  Updated RELEASE_NOTES
  09-may-2003:  Finished QccWAVbiskEncode.3, biskencode.1
  09-may-2003:  Started QccWAVbiskEncode.3
  09-may-2003:  Added bisk.c, biskencode.c, biskdecode.c,
                  biskencode.h, biskdecode.h
  07-may-2003:  Fixed QccMatrixCopy() bug in QccWAVSubbandPyramidCopy()
  11-mar-2003:  Fixed checking of return value of QccWAVwdrOutputVirtualEnd()
                  in QccWAVwdrEncode()
  04-mar-2003:  Removed check on permissible transform-decomposition levels
                  in wdrencode.c

Version 0.42:
  25-feb-2003:  BETA release version 0.42
  25-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern to QccWAVWaveletLWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletLWT2D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT2D.3
  25-feb-2003:  Updated RELEASE_NOTES
  25-feb-2003:  Added mask_bar.1
  24-feb-2003:  Added QccWAVShapeAdaptiveMaskBAR.3
  24-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DSubsample.3
  24-feb-2003:  Renamed QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandResolution() to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandSize()
  24-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid.3
  24-feb-2003:  Added lenna.mask.pgm
  24-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT2D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT2D.3
  24-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern to QccWAVWaveletLWT.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT.3,
  24-feb-2003:  Added subsample_pattern to QccWAVWaveletDWT1D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT1D.3, QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength.3
  18-feb-2003:  Added samask.c
  18-feb-2003:  Renamed QccWAVCalcMaskBAR() to QccWAVShapeAdaptiveMaskBAR()
  14-feb-2003:  Added EZW-Example.sbp
  14-feb-2003:  Updated copyright year range for 2003
  14-feb-2003:  Fixed num_levels bug in icptosbp
  04-dec-2002:  Added fixed-point arithmetic to tarp.c for
                  probability-of-significance calculation
  16-nov-2002:  Fixed bug in checking number of permissible
                  transform-decomposition levels in wdrencode.c
  08-nov-2002:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DSubsample()
  08-nov-2002:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid
  08-nov-2002:  Added subsample_pattern_row, subsample_pattern_col to
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT2D(), QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT2D()
  08-nov-2002:  Added subsample_pattern to QccWAVWaveletLWT(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandPhase(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT1D()
  08-nov-2002:  Added mask_bar
  11-oct-2002:  Added QccWAVCalcMaskBAR(), mask_bar
  07-oct-2002:  Fixed man pages in QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1D.3 concerning
                  removal of start_odd from rdwt.c
  29-sep-2002:  Removed unsupported TsaiVillasenorChen.10-18.fbk
  16-sep-2002:  Modified QccIMGImageRead() and QccIMGWrite() so as to
                  attempt to automatically determine the input/output
                  image filetype, including ICP-format images.
  16-sep-2002:  Added QccIMGImageDetermineType()
  16-sep-2002:  Added QccFileGetExtension(), QccFileGetExtension.3
  11-sep-2002:  Cleaned up tarp.c
  10-sep-2002:  Refined maximum-frequency values in
                  QccENTArithmeticSetModelProbabilities()
  06-sep-2002:  Fixed warnings in wdr.c

Version 0.41:
  06-sep-2002:  BETA release version 0.41
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccWAVTarpEncode.3, QccWAVTarpDecodeHeader.3,
                  QccWAVTarpDecode.3, tarpencode.1, tarpdecode.1
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelAdaption.3
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelAdaption()
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelProbabilities.3
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelProbabilities()
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelContext.3
  06-sep-2002:  Added QccENTArithmeticSetModelContext()
  02-sep-2002:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidCopy(), QccWAVSubbandPyramidCopy.3
  27-aug-2002:  Added tarp.c, tarpencode.c, tarpdecode.c
  21-aug-2002:  Replaced start_odd with phase in filter_bank.c,
                  lifting.c, lifting_daubechies4.c,
                  lifting_cdf9_7.c, lifting_cdf5_3.c, wavelet.c
  21-aug-2002:  Replaced start_odd with origin in lazy_wavelet.c,
                  dwt.c, subband_pyramid.c, sadwt.c
  21-aug-2002:  Removed start_odd from rdwt.c
  21-aug-2002:  Added QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandPhase()
  21-aug-2002:  Added QccWAVWaveletLWT2D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT2D.3
  15-aug-2002:  Fixed serious bug in QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength() affecting
                  highpass-band lengths with start_odd = 1
  11-aug-2002:  Fixed potential divide-by-zero in QccChannelEntropy()
  23-jul-2002:  Added WDR to README
  19-jul-2002:  Added mention of WDR routines in QccPackWAV.3

Version 0.40:
  19-jul-2002:  BETA release version 0.40
  19-jul-2002:  Added warning about gziped output files under Cygwin to
                  README
  19-jul-2002:  Added mailing-list info to README
  18-jul-2002:  Fixed SA-DWT coding for WDR coder
  15-jul-2002:  Minor editing of QccWAVwdrEncode.3, wdrencode.1
  14-jul-2002:  Changed default number of levels to 5 for srencode.c
  14-jul-2002:  Added wdr.c, wdrencode.c, wdrdecode.c,
                QccWAVwdrEncode.3, QccWAVwdrDecode.3, QccWAVwdrDecodeHeader.3,
                wdrencode.1, wdrdecode.1
  13-jul-2002:  Added scripts/remove_tabs
  13-jul-2002:  Removed tabs from source code
  11-jul-2002:  Added QccIMGImageComponentClip()
  01-jul-2002:  Updated README
  01-jul-2002:  Added QccENTAdaptiveGolombEncode.3,
                  QccENTAdaptiveGolombDecode.3,
                  QccENTAdaptiveGolombEncodeChannel.3,
                  QccENTAdaptiveGolombDecodeChannel.3
  30-jun-2002:  Modified KMAX in adaptive_golomb.c
  28-jun-2002:  Added adaptive_golomb.c, adaptive_golomb_channel.c,
                  chnagolombencode.c, chnagolombdecode.c,
                  chnagolombencode.1, chnagolombdecode.1
  28-jun-2002:  Updated RELEASE_NOTES
  28-jun-2002:  Updated QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2D.3 for subsample_pattern
  27-jun-2002:  Added QccList references to QccPack.3
  27-jun-2002:  Added QccList.3
  27-jun-2002:  Added scripts/rm_cygwin and fixed bug in make clean for
                  Cygwin
  27-jun-2002:  Added subsample_pattern to
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1DSubsample() and
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DSubsample()
  26-jun-2002:  Fixed Imake.rules for install.doc for Cygwin

Version 0.39:
  23-jun-2002:  BETA release version 0.39
  21-jun-2002:  Updated README for cygwin installation
  06-jun-2002:  Added checks for null models to arithmetic.c
  03-jun-2002:  Removed unused imgdat.c

Version 0.38:
  06-may-2002:  BETA release version 0.38
  14-feb-2002:  Fixed encode-table bug in QccENTHuffmanTableRead()
  06-feb-2002:  Added allocation of dataset if needed to
                  QccIMGImageComponentToDat() in icpdat.c

Version 0.37:
  25-jan-2002:  BETA release version 0.37
  24-jan-2002:  Added default_path_list to QccFilePathSearchOpenRead()
  24-jan-2002:  Added gcc compile support to QccPack.config.solaris

Version 0.36:
  21-jan-2002:  BETA release version 0.36
  18-jan-2002:  Added subband label to USG_STRING in sbpzero.c
  17-jan-2002:  Added QccIMGImageRGBtoHSV() and QccIMGImageHSVtoRGB() to
                  image_color_conversion.c
  17-jan-2002:  Added icc support to QccPack.config.linux
  16-jan-2002:  Fixed invalid-symbol bug in QccENTArithmeticEncode()
  15-jan-2002:  Added rsencode.c and rsencode.1
  02-jan-2002:  Updated copyright year range for 2002
  14-dec-2001:  Fixed bug in QccFileWriteString()

Version 0.35:
  13-nov-2001:  BETA release version 0.35
  19-oct-2001:  Fixed bug in datcut
  24-sep-2001:  Added SourceForge website to README
  20-sep-2001:  Updated QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1D.3 and
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2D.3 for recent changes to
                  the inverse RDWT
  18-sep-2001:  Fixed memory leak in QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT2D()
  17-sep-2001:  Added QccWAVRDWTSynthesis() and 
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT2DRecursion()
  16-sep-2001:  Corrected QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT1D() 
  13-sep-2001:  Added QccWAVLiftingRedundantSynthesis(),
                  QccWAVFilterBankRedundantSynthesis()
  29-aug-2001:  Added QccIMGImageComponentAbsoluteValue()
  28-aug-2001:  Added normalization to [0, 1] to 
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DCorrelationMask()
  28-aug-2001:  Fixed bug in QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DCorrelationMask()
  22-aug-2001:  Fixed bug in QccMathRandNormal()
  21-aug-2001:  Added QccMathRandNormal()
  26-jul-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DCorrelationMask()
  23-jul-2001:  Updated README for RDWT
  18-jul-2001:  Added end-of-bitstream caveat to QccENTArithmeticEncode.3
  18-jul-2001:  Added call to QccErrorClearMessages() in
                  QccENTArithmeticDecodeGetBit()

Version 0.34:
  06-jul-2001:  BETA release version 0.34
  05-jul-2001:  Added man pages for imgrdwt, imgirdwt
  03-jul-2001:  Added imgrdwt, imgirdwt
  02-jul-2001:  Added man pages for QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DSubsample(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT2D()
  02-jul-2001:  Added man pages for QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1DSubsample(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT1D()
  02-jul-2001:  Added QccWAVFilterBankBiorthogonal(),
                  QccWAVLiftingSchemeBiorthogonal(),
                  QccWAVWaveletBiorthogonal()
  02-jul-2001:  Added QccWAVLiftingRedundantAnalysis()
  30-jun-2001:  Fixed rdwt.c for 2D RDWT
  29-jun-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletLWT2D(), QccWAVInverseWaveletLWT2D()
  25-jun-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2DSubsample(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT2D()
  25-jun-2001:  Changed QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2D() to use QccMatrix for
                  input and output
  23-jun-2001:  Added start_odd_row and start_odd_col to
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletSynthesis2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT2D(), and
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramid
  19-jun-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantAnalysis2D()
  19-jun-2001:  Added QccIMGImageComponentSetMaxMin()
  11-jun-2001:  Added max_scales restriction to rdwt.c
  11-jun-2001:  Added QccMathLog2()
  08-jun-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletRedundantDWT1DSubsample(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseRedundantDWT1D()
  08-jun-2001:  Added QccWAVWaveletRedundantAnalysis1D(),
                  QccWAVFilterBankRedundantAnalysis()
  08-jun-2001:  Added rdwt.c

Version 0.33:
  04-jun-2001:  BETA release version 0.33
  28-may-2001:  Removed erroneous call to QccChannelAddSymbolToChannel() from
                  paul.c
  16-may-2001:  Removed extraneous variable from lloyd.c
  16-may-2001:  Fixed erroneous paths in QccPack.config.solaris
  15-may-2001:  Put ifndef's around defines for MAXFLOAT, MAXDOUBLE, and
                  MAXINT in libQccPack.h

Version 0.32:
  14-may-2001:  BETA release version 0.32
  11-may-2001:  Fixed bug in QccInit()
  11-may-2001:  Added setting bit_buffer->fileptr to NULL after close in
                  QccBitBufferEnd()
  07-may-2001:  QccInit() modified to be resilient to multiple calls; added
                  QccInit2()
  05-may-2001:  Added scripts/install_cygwin for handling .exe file
                  extensions on executables for Cygwin
  04-may-2001:  Fixed mutex bug in QccExtractProgramName()
  03-may-2001:  Cleaned up code to remove some innocuous warnings
  02-may-2001:  Removed include for values.h - added explicit
                  defines for MAXFLOAT, MAXDOUBLE, and MAXINT
  02-may-2001:  Cleaned up call to glob() in QccFilePathGlob()
  02-may-2001:  Added QccPack.config.cygwin
  01-may-2001:  Replaced call to fnmatch() with QccFilePathMatch()

Version 0.31:
  01-may-2001:  BETA release version 0.31
  30-apr-2001:  Updated QccPack.3, QccMath.3 for thread support
  29-apr-2001:  Made error.c thread-safe
  29-apr-2001:  Made file.c thread-safe
  27-apr-2001:  Made init.c, version.c thread-safe
  27-apr-2001:  Modified QccMathRand() to be thread-safe
  26-apr-2001:  Added QCC_USE_PTHREADS compilation option

Version 0.30:
  25-apr-2001:  BETA release version 0.30
  25-apr-2001:  Removed globals QccParsePointer, QccParseType from parse.c
  24-apr-2001:  Fixed erroneous checking for non-NULL context_function
                  pointer in QccENTArithmeticCreateModel()
  19-apr-2001:  Updated QccPackENT.3 for new arithmetic-coding routines
  19-apr-2001:  Modified make_dist so as to delete QccPack.config before
                  making archives

Version 0.29:
  18-apr-2001:  BETA release version 0.29
  18-apr-2001:  Updated RELEASE_NOTES
  18-apr-2001:  Added QccPack.config.linux, QccPack.config.solaris,
                  QccPack.config.irix
  16-apr-2001:  Changed sr.c and sfq.c to use current_context in
                  QccENTArithmeticModel
  16-apr-2001:  Added current_context to QccENTArithmeticModel
  31-mar-2001:  Added QccENTArithmeticEncode.3
  29-mar-2001:  Added QccENTArithmeticModel.3, QccENTArithmeticGetContext.3
  26-mar-2001:  Fixed bug in QccChannelEntropy() - failure to correctly
                  ignore null symbols in channel
  21-mar-2001:  Added CohenDaubechiesFeauveau.9-3.fbk
  21-mar-2001:  Changed copyright date to 1997-2021

Version 0.28:
  06-mar-2001:  BETA release version 0.28
  06-mar-2001:  Modified make_dist so to build HTML man pages
  05-mar-2001:  Updated imgdwt.1, imgidwt.1, and imgdist for
                  shape-adaptive capability
  05-mar-2001:  Removed power-of-two resolution constraint on imgdwt
  04-mar-2001:  Added SA-DWT capability to imgdwt, imgidwt, imgdist
  04-mar-2001:  Added QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveMean(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveVariance(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentShapeAdaptiveMse()
  27-feb-2001:  Added man page for QccWAVSubbandPyramidShapeAdaptiveDWT()
  13-feb-2001:  Removed unneeded lines from parse.c
  01-feb-2001:  Updated README for SA-DWT
  01-feb-2001:  Added man pages for 
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidShapeAdaptiveDWT(),
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDWT2D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletShapeAdaptiveDWT1D()
  28-jan-2001:  Added int QccWAVSubbandPyramidShapeAdaptiveDWT2D(),
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidInverseShapeAdaptiveDWT2D()
  27-jan-2001:  Added QccAlphaOpaque(), QccAlphaTransparent(), and
                  QccAlphaTranslucent()
  27-jan-2001:  Added sadwt.c
  20-jan-2001:  Added start_odd to QccWAVFilterBankAnalysis() and
                  QccWAVFilterBankSynthesis()
  18-jan-2001:  Modified QccFilterMultiRateFilterVector(),
                  QccWAVFilterBankAnalysis(), and
                  QccWAVFilterBankSynthesis() to permit filter-bank
                  analysis/synthesis on odd-length signals (symmetric
                  extension only)
  18-jan-2001:  Removed constraint in QccVectorSubsample() and
                  QccVectorUpsample() that input and output lengths
                  must be related by a factor of 2
  18-jan-2001:  Added support for odd_start with periodic extension to
                  lifting_cdf9_7.c and lifting_cdf5_3.c
  16-jan-2001:  Modified lifting_cdf9_7.c to work with signals that start
                  with an odd sample
  16-jan-2001:  Modified lifting_cdf9_7.c to allow odd-length signals
  09-jan-2001:  Added LWT.lft and support for taking LWT in
                  QccWAVLiftingAnalysis(), QccWAVLiftingSynthesis()
  15-nov-2000:  Removed extraneous definitions from Imake.rules; modified
                  NamedTargetSubdirs() definition to work better under
                  Solaris
  01-nov-2000:  Added -l option to imgidwt

Version 0.27:
  31-oct-2000:  BETA release version 0.27
  31-oct-2000:  Added check for bit_buffer->fileptr equal to NULL in
                  QccBitBufferFlush()
  29-oct-2000:  Bit order in QccBitBufferPutChar() and
                  QccBitBufferGetChar() reversed
  19-oct-2000:  Fixed bug in QccENTHuffmanEncode() - check for symbol past
                  end of table before accessing table
  19-oct-2000:  Added QccErrorClearMessages()

Version 0.26:
  15-oct-2000:  BETA release version 0.26
  15-oct-2000:  Added chnhuffmanencode.1, chnhuffmandecode.1
  15-oct-2000:  Added QccENTHuffmanEncodeChannel.3,
                  QccENTHuffmanDecodeChannel.3
  10-oct-2000:  Fixed bugs in chnarithmeticencode.c,
                  QccENTHuffmanEncodeChannel()
  10-oct-2000:  Corrected JPEG Annex D to F in man pages
  06-oct-2000:  Added chnhuffmanencode and chnhuffmandecode
  06-oct-2000:  Added huffman_channel.c
  06-oct-2000:  Added HUF file format
  06-oct-2000:  Added QccENTHuffmanTableRead(), QccENTHuffmanTableWrite()
  06-oct-2000:  Moved num_codewords_list, num_codewords_list_length,
                  symbol_list, symbol_list_length into
                  QccENTHuffmanTable structure
  06-oct-2000:  Added QccENTHuffmanTableCreateDecodeTable.3,
                  QccENTHuffmanTableCreateEncodeTable.3,
                  QccENTHuffmanEncode.3,
                  QccENTHuffmanDecode.3,
                  QccENTHuffmanDesign.3
  06-oct-2000:  Changed QccENTHuffmanEncodeCreateTable() to
                  QccENTHuffmanTableCreateEncodeTable() and added call
                  to QccENTHuffmanTableCreateDecodeTable()
  06-oct-2000:  Changed QccENTHuffmanTableCreate() to
                  QccENTHuffmanTableCreateDecodeTable()
  24-sep-2000:  Fixed bug in QccENTHuffmanDesignMergeNodes()
  24-sep-2000:  Added typedefs for QccListCompareValuesFunction and
                  QccListPrintValueFunction
  10-sep-2000:  Added huffman_design.c
  10-sep-2000:  Modified QccListSort() to use QccListSortedInsert()
  10-sep-2000:  Added QccListSortedInsertNode(), QccListPrint()
  10-sep-2000:  Removed QccListCompareNodes(), QccListFindNode()
  07-sep-2000:  Added QccENTHuffmanEncode(), QccENTHuffmanDecode()
  06-sep-2000:  Added huffman_codeword.c, huffman_table.c,
                  huffman.c
  02-sep-2000:  Removed read of first character from QccBitBufferStart()
  01-sep-2000:  Fixed misspelling of Feauveau in CohenDaubechiesFeauveau
                  filter banks
  15-aug-2000:  Added installation note for Windows users

Version 0.25:
  25-jul-2000:  BETA release version 0.25
  25-jul-2000:  Changes to arithmetic_channel.c, sr.c, sfq.c for
                  changed interface to arithmetic coding
  25-jul-2000:  Added check of target_num_bits to QccENTArithmeticEncode()
  25-jul-2000:  Added QccENTArithmeticDecodeGetBit()
  25-jul-2000:  Removed erroneous check of garbage_bits in
                  QccENTArithmeticDecode()
  25-jul-2000:  Added target_num_bits to QccENTArithmeticEncodeStart(),
                  QccENTArithmeticDecodeStart(), and
                  QccENTArithmeticDecodeRestart()
  21-jul-2000:  byte_cnt added to QccBitBuffer
  20-jul-2000:  Added target_num_bits to QccENTArithmeticModel
  18-jul-2000:  Added QccENTArithmeticDecodeRestart(); added resetting of model
                  parameters to QccENTArithmeticEncodeFlush()
  18-jul-2000:  Added resetting of bit_buffer->bits_to_go and
                  bit_buffer->buffer to QccBitBufferFlush();
                  QccBitBufferFlush() support for input buffers added
  27-jun-2000:  Renamed biorothogonal vfb files to reflect proper
                  lengths of primary & dual filters
  21-jun-2000:  Minor corrections to README
  16-jun-2000:  Updated citation in ShenTanTham.2x2.4.vfb
  15-jun-2000:  Updated citation in Selesnick.3Balanced.2x2.8.vfb

Version 0.24:
  03-jun-2000:  BETA release version 0.24
  03-jun-2000:  Added QccWAVZerotreeRead.3, QccWAVZerotreeWrite.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeCarveOutZerotree.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeUndoZerotree.3
  23-may-2000:  Added QccWAVZerotreeNullSymbol.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeMakeSymbolNull.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeMakeSymbolNonnull.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeMakeFullTree.3,
                  QccWAVZerotreeMakeEmptyTree.3
  23-may-2000:  Made QccWAVZerotreeMakeEmptyTree() call
                  QccWAVZerotreeMakeFullTree() if zerotree is allocated
  23-may-2000:  QccWAVZerotreeNullSymbol() made const-correct
  12-may-2000:  Changed wording of README slightly
  
Version 0.23:
  12-may-2000:  BETA release version 0.23
  12-may-2000:  make_dist modified so as to produce file lists for
                  subsequent RPM building

Version 0.22:
  11-may-2000:  BETA release version 0.22
  11-may-2000:  Imake.tmpl and Imake.rules changed to define 
                  QCCPACK_LIBRARY_NAME

Version 0.21:
  11-may-2000:  BETA release version 0.21
  09-may-2000:  QccPackSPIHT separated out as an optional module
  09-may-2000:  Increased QccString length to 1200

Version 0.20:
  05-may-2000:  BETA release version 0.20
  05-may-2000:  scripts/make_dist changed to add a CVS-ready tarball of
                  distribution
  05-may-2000:  scripts/make_dist changed to remove CVS directories
  05-may-2000:  libQccPackGEO removed
  05-may-2000:  Made libQccPackWAV "const-correct"
  26-apr-2000:  Fixed bug in QccFilePathSearchOpenRead() introduced by
                  making filename const
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackIMG "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackAVQ "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackVQ "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackSQ "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackECC "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  Made libQccPack "const-correct"
  22-apr-2000:  First argument to QccInit() changed from pointer to int to
                  int
  22-apr-2000:  Made QccExtractProgramName() non-static
  22-apr-2000:  Added QccParseParametersVA()
  21-apr-2000:  Made libQccPackENT "const-correct"
  20-apr-2000:  Changed "type" to "mode" in QccFileOpen() and only look at
                  first character
  20-apr-2000:  Changed QccBitBufferStart() to open file only when
                  fileptr is NULL
  18-apr-2000:  Added "b" mode to QccFileOpenRead() and QccFileOpenWrite()
  18-apr-2000:  Added check for num_rows, num_cols <= 0 in QccMatrixAlloc()
  16-apr-2000:  Added QccStringCopy.3, QccStringSprintf.3
  16-apr-2000:  Made error.c, file.c, string.c, parse_parameters.c, env.c,
                  version.c, binary_values.c, file_path.c, vector.c
                  "const-correct"
  11-apr-2000:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidZeroSubband.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubtractMean.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidAddMean.3
  05-apr-2000:  Corrected bug in many Free() routines -- set pointers in
                  structures to NULL after corresponding arrays are freed
  05-apr-2000:  Updated QccInit.3, QccGetProgramName.3
  05-apr-2000:  Added QccErrorAddMessageVA(), QccErrorWarningVA()
  01-apr-2000:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidDWT.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidInverseDWT.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidRead.3,
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidWrite.3
  30-mar-2000:  Changed QccWAVWaveletDWT2D() and QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT2D()
                  so as to allow any size matrices (i.e., not restricted
                  to be a multiple of a power of 2)
  30-mar-2000:  Changed QccWAVWaveletSynthesis2D() so that synthesis is done
                  first on columns then on rows to better invert 
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis2D()
  30-mar-2000:  Added QccWAVLiftingAnalysis.3, QccWAVLiftingSynthesis.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis1D.3, QccWAVWaveletSynthesis1D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT1D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis2D.3, QccWAVWaveletSynthesis2D.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT2D.3, QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT2D.3
  29-mar-2000:  Added QccWAVFilterBankAnalysis.3, QccWAVFilterBankSynthesis.3,
                  QccWAVWaveletLWT.3, and QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT.3
  23-mar-2000:  Added ability to pass NULL for argc and argv in QccInit()

Version 0.19:
  22-mar-2000:  BETA release version 0.19
  13-mar-2000:  Added man page for QccWAVFilterBankRead() and
                  QccWAVFilterBankWrite()
  11-mar-2000:  Added man page for QccWAVFilterBankMakeOrthogonal() and
                  QccWAVFilterBankMakeBiorthogonal()
  07-mar-2000:  Added checks for NULL file pointers in routines in file.c
  25-feb-2000:  Made small modifications to code so as to compile and not
                  generate any warnings with gcc -Wall
  25-feb-2000:  Changed QccExit() to macro QccExit
  25-feb-2000:  Modified #endif statements in all header files to comment
                 out name of corresponding #ifndef
  11-feb-2000:  Slight modification to error messages of QccFileOpen()
  02-feb-2000:  Updated man pages for QccDatasetCopy() and QccFilterCopy()
                  to reflect allocate-space change
  31-jan-2000:  Made copy functions allocate space if not already allocated
                  instead of requiring prior allocation:
                  QccIMGImageComponentCopy(), QccFilterCopy(),
                  QccDatasetCopy(), QccWAVVectorFilterCopy()
  29-jan-2000:  Added sbpzero and sbpzero.1
  13-jan-2000:  Converted macro QccWAVZerotreeNullSymbol() into a function
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Daubechies.Diagonal.2x2.6.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Daubechies.Diagonal.2x2.4.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Selesnick.3Balanced.2x2.8.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to ShenTanTham.2x2.4.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Strela.2x2.6-2.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Strela.Order2.2x2.5-3.vfb
  22-dec-1999:  Added header to Strela.Order4.2x2.5-3.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added header to LebrunVetterli.ComplexDaubechies.2x2.6.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added LebrunVetterli.Balanced.2x2.3.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added LebrunVetterli.Balanced.2x2.5.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added header to LebrunVetterli.Balanced.2x2.7.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added ChuiLian.2x2.4.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added header to ChuiLian.2x2.3.vfb
  21-dec-1999:  Added header to GeronimoHardinMassopust.2x2.4.vfb

Version 0.18:
  02-dec-1999:  BETA release version 0.18
  02-dec-1999:  Fixed erroneous read of final newline in ASCII header of
                  binary-data format files
  01-dec-1999:  Fixed erroneous read of final white space in ASCII header of
                  of raw pbm, pgm, ppm files in image_pnm.c
  29-nov-1999:  Fixed image-component bug in QccIMGImageCopy()
  23-nov-1999:  Added QccDatasetMeanVector(), QccDatasetCovarianceMatrix()
  23-nov-1999:  Added QccMatrixZero()
  23-nov-1999:  Fixed failure to check for < 0 return from QccDatasetMse() in
                  datdist.c; fixed failure to initialize mse to 0.

Version 0.17:
  18-oct-1999:  BETA release version 0.17
  17-oct-1999:  Added QccWAVFilterBank.3, QccWAVLiftingScheme.3,
                  QccWAVWavelet.3, QccWAVZerotree.3
  15-oct-1999:  Fixed missing QccInstallFiles() call for static-library
                  install in Imake.rules
  15-oct-1999:  Fixed NO_SNPRINTF errors in error.c and Imake.tmpl
  09-oct-1999:  Added man pages for spihtencode, spihtdecode,
                  QccWAVspihtEncode(), QccWAVspihtDecode(),
                  QccWAVspihtDecodeHeader()
  04-oct-1999:  Added man pages for QccWAVsrEncode(), QccWAVsrDecode(),
                  QccWAVsrHeaderDecode()
  04-oct-1999:  Fixed missing call to QccIMGClipPixelValue() in
                  QccIMGImagePgmWriteData()
  01-oct-1999:  Added biorthogonal multiwavelet support

Version 0.16:
  14-sep-1999:  BETA release version 0.16
  14-sep-1999:  Added installation of README and LICENSE files to
                  documentation in QCCPACK_INSTALL_DOC_PATH
  14-sep-1999:  Added spihtencode, spihtdecode, spiht.c
  09-sep-1999:  Added -d option to asciitodat
  08-sep-1999:  Added QccMatrixPrint(), QccMatrixTranspose()

Version 0.15:
  04-aug-1999:  BETA release version 0.15
  04-aug-1999:  Fixed bug in QccSetEnv(): some systems (e.g., Solaris)
                  won't allow string to be freed after it's added to
                  environment with putenv()
  04-aug-1999:  Added NO_SNPRINTF define to QccPack.config, Imake.tmpl
                  for systems with no snprintf() and vsnprintf()

Version 0.14:
  28-jul-1999:  BETA release version 0.14
  27-jul-1999:  Added QccFileRemove()
  23-jul-1999:  Added QccStringSprintf(); modified all references to sprintf()
                  to QccstringSprintf()
  23-jul-1999:  Added QccSetUserHeader(); modified QccPrintQccPackVersion() to
                  print user header
  23-jul-1999:  Add QccStringCopy(); changed all references to strcpy() and
                  strncpy() to QccStringCopy()
  22-jul-1999:  Modified lifting_cdf5_3.c to work with signals that start
                  with an odd sample
  22-jul-1999:  Added start_odd parameter to QccWAVWaveletLWT(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseLWT(), QccWAVLiftingAnalysis(),
                  QccWAVLiftingSynthesis(),
                  QccWAVLiftingAnalysisDaubechies4(),
                  QccWAVLiftingSynthesisDaubechies4(),
                  QccWAVLiftingAnalysisCohenDaubechiesFeauveau9_7(),
                  QccWAVLiftingSynthesisCohenDaubechiesFeauveau9_7(),
                  QccWAVLiftingAnalysisCohenDaubechiesFeauveau5_3(),
                  QccWAVLiftingSynthesisCohenDaubechiesFeauveau5_3(),
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysis1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletSynthesis1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength(),
                  QccWAVWaveletDWT1D(),
                  QccWAVWaveletInverseDWT1D().  Only functional for lifted
                  5/3 wavelet currently.
  21-jul-1999:  Modified lifting_cdf5_3.c to allow odd-length signals
  21-jul-1999:  Changed QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandResolution() and
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandOffsets() to use
                  QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength()
  21-jul-1999:  Added QccWAVWaveletDWTSubbandLength()
  16-jul-1999:  Added CohenDaubechiesFeauveau.5-3.fbk and
                  CohenDaubechiesFeauveau.5-3.lft (linear lifting)
  13-jul-1999:  Fixed a couple of bugs with new_codebook in
                  QccVQEntropyConstrainedVQTraining()
  09-jul-1999:  Added msvq.c, msvqtrain, msvqencode, msvqdecode
  09-jul-1999:  Added QccVQMultiStageCodebook and multistage_codebook.c
  09-jul-1999:  Added verbose flag to QccVQGeneralizedLloydTraining()
  22-jun-1999:  Added centroid_calculation parameter to
                  QccVQGeneralizedLloydTraining();  cleaned up some
                  inefficiencies therein
  11-jun-1999:  Added distortion_measure parameter to
                  QccVQVectorQuantization() and QccVQEntropyConstrainedVQ()
  11-jun-1999:  Added call to QccChannelNormalize() in QccAVQgtrCalcRate()
                  (gtrencode still does use non-GENERAL codebook coders
                   though)
  08-jun-1999:  Fixed segmentation faults in QccAVQgtrCalcRate() and
                  QccVAQpaulCalcRate()
  02-jun-1999:  Added QccListFindNode()

Version 0.13:
  17-may-1999:  BETA release version 0.13
  02-may-1999:  Changed QccInit() and QccPaseParameters() so that QccInit()
                  is called first; modified all utility programs so that this
                  is the case
  01-may-1999:  Fixed missing return(0) at end of
                  QccENTArithmeticOutputBitPlusFollowingOppositeBits()
  30-apr-1999:  QccGetProgramName() moved to init.c.  QccProgramName defined
                  and set via QccInit().
  30-apr-1999:  Removed reliance on NetPBM libraries -- implemented "native"
                  reading & writing routines for PBM, PGM, and PPM files
  30-apr-1999:  Removed call to setenv() in QccSetEnv() (replaced with
                  putenv()) since this routine is not universally available
                  evidently (not in Solaris anyways)
  30-apr-1999:  Fixed QccWAVSubbandPyramidSubbandResolution() error in
                  sbpsplit.c
  19-apr-1999:  Added feof() check to ferror() when reading in all routines
                  using fscanf() (ASCII headers mainly)
  19-apr-1999:  Minor change to QccBitBufferFlush() -- only output byte if
                  buffer->bits_to_go < 8
  16-apr-1999:  QccList type changed to structure containing both start
                  and end pointers; related changes in linked_list.c
  11-apr-1999:  Added libQccPackECC -- modified, systematic Reed Solomon
                  error-correcting code and related field operations
  29-mar-1999:  Added "*ERROR*" and "*WARNING*" prefixes to warning- and error-
                  message output
  29-mar-1999:  Added outdated-version check (< 0.12) to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidReadHeader()
  29-mar-1999:  Added QccErrorWarning()
  29-mar-1999:  Added QccErrorPrint() and modified QccErrorPrintMessages() to
                  use it
  29-mar-1999:  Added QccCompareQccPackVersions()

Version 0.12:
  16-mar-1998:  BETA release version 0.12
  16-mar-1999:  Major reworking of libQccPackWAV routines and utilities
                  complete (documentation still incomplete)
  22-feb-1999:  Added man pages for QccVectorSubsample(), QccVectorUpsample(),
                  env.c, file_path.c, QccFileGetMagicNumber()
  19-feb-1999:  Modified Imake.rules so that library object files are
                  copied to QCCPACK_LIB_PATH before archiving
  13-feb-1999:  Moved Data/Filters to Data/Wavelets
  11-feb-1999:  Added file_path.c
  11-feb-1999:  Fixed bug in QccParseFindPosition()
  09-feb-1999:  Modified QccIMGImageComponentFilterSeparable() to use
                  QccFilterMatrixSeparable()
  06-feb-1999:  Added calls to QccIMGImageComponentSetMin(), 
                  QccIMGImageComponentSetMax() to QccIMGImageComponentCopy()
  05-feb-1999:  Renamed QccIMGImageComponentAddNoiseSquare() to
                  QccMatrixAddNoiseToRegion()
  04-feb-1999:  Revised QccIMGImageColorSNR() to calculate signal power as
                  a variance in modified UCS space (subtract off mean color)
  04-feb-1999:  Renamed QccIMGImageCIEColorSNR() to QccIMGImageColorSNR()
  26-jan-1999:  Renamed QccVectorArray to QccMatrix; vector_array.c becomes
                  matrix.c
  26-jan-1999:  Changed QccIMGImageComponent to use QccMatrix
  10-jan-1999:  Added QccMathModulus()
  09-jan-1999:  Moved calls to QccChannelRemoveNullSymbols() from avqrate.c to
                  gtr.c, paul.c, gy.c
  14-dec-1998:  Added NSF-support acknowledgement to README

Version 0.11:
  26-nov-1998:  BETA release version 0.11
  24-nov-1998:  Added call to QccChannelRemoveNullSymbols() before processing
                  in avqrate
  24-nov-1998:  Fixed zero-probability bug in entropy estimate in
                  QccAVQgtrCalcUpdateCosts()
  24-nov-1998:  Fixed memory-free bug in QccAVQSideInfoSymbolFree()
  20-nov-1998:  Added printing of original error message in
                  QccErrorAddMessage() when memory allocation fails
  17-nov-1998:  Added check for invalid symbols in QccENTArithmeticEncode()
  17-nov-1998:  Added check for unrecognized sideinfo-program name in
                  avqrate

Version 0.10:
  24-aug-1998:  BETA release version 0.10
  04-aug-1998:  Added QccChannelNormalize() call in
                  QccIMGImageComponentDPCMEncode(),
                  QccIMGImageComponentDPCMDecode()
  04-aug-1998:  Added man pages for bit_buffer.c
  04-aug-1998:  Simplified QccBitBuffer; memory-only buffers removed
  03-aug-1998:  Added man pages for channel.c
  03-aug-1998:  Modified QccChannelEntropy() to use QccENTConditionalEntropy()
  03-aug-1998:  Added QccENTConditionalEntropy()
  03-aug-1998:  Added QccVectorSumComponents()
  02-aug-1998:  Added man pages for dataset.c
  02-aug-1998:  Added block_size to QccDatasetSetMaxMinValues()
  31-jul-1998:  Added man pages for error.c, binary_values.c, file.c,
                  math.c, vector.c, vector_array.c
  31-jul-1998:  Added check for pipes in QccFileGetSize() and
                  QccFileGetModTime(), QccFileGetCurrentPosition()
  29-jul-1998:        Significant change to QccError operation:
                  changed QccErrorAddMessage() to accept format string and
                  arguments; removed all sprintf()'s to
                  QccError.current_message
  29-jul-1998:  Added QccParseParameters.3
  29-jul-1998:  Added truncation of strings of type %*s in
                  QccParseParameters(); changed corresponding pointer type to
                  (QccString **)
  28-jul-1998:  Added truncated of strings to length QCCSTRINGLEN in
                  QccParseReadParameter() (to prevent malicious buffer
                  overruns with %s types)
  25-jun-1998:  Modified Print() routines for data types; 
                  added QccFilePrintFileInfo()
  12-jun-1998:  Changed REVNUM of all files to QccPack revision
  09-jun-1998:  Added QccString.3
  09-jun-1998:  Moved man pages into their own subdirectories
  09-jun-1998:  Fixed zero-length block_size bug in QccChannelEntropy()
  09-jun-1998:  Fixed newcnt bug in QccAVQgtrEncode()
  08-jun-1998:  Added sbptoicp and icptosbp
  08-jun-1998:  Added sbpassemble
  08-jun-1998:  Added QccWAVCalcNumLevels()
  08-jun-1998:  Fixed bug in dattoicp.c
  07-jun-1998:  Added QccInit.3, QccExit.3
  07-jun-1998:  Added QccExit()
  07-jun-1998:  Changed libqccpack1.c to init.c and version.c
  27-may-1998:  Converted varargs.h use to stdarg.h

Version 0.9:
  24-may-1998:  Pre-release version 0.9
  21-may-1998:  Added dynamic library libQccPack.so
  21-may-1998:  Updated squniform.1 and QccPackSQ.3 for simple and
                  dead-zone quantizers
  20-may-1998:  Added srencode.1 and srdecode.1
  20-may-1998:  Added sfqencode.1 and sfqdecode.1
  20-may-1998:  Added perceptual_weights to sfq.c
  19-may-1997:  Updated QccPackWAV.3, wavelet_analysis.1, and
                   wavelet_synthesis.1 for perceptual weighting
  18-may-1998:  Added percepual weights to wavelet_analysis and
                  wavelet_synthesis
  18-may-1998:  Added perceptual_weights.c
  18-may-1998:  Added QccStringNull()
  18-may-1998:  Renamed QccStringNull() to QccStringMakeNull()
  25-apr-1998:  Fixed Imake.rules for Solaris
  22-apr-1998:  Added QccVectorPrint()
  21-apr-1998:  Added QccWAVWaveletCalcCoefficientRange()
  21-apr-1998:  Added QccVectorSum()
  21-apr-1998:  Added QccIMGImageSetMin(), QccIMGImageSetMax()
  13-apr-1998:  Added QccChannelNormalize(), QccChannelDenormalize()
  13-apr-1998:  Added stepsize, deadzone, & type to QccSQScalarQuantizer
  13-apr-1998:  Added uniform, dead-zone quantizer capability to
                  QccSQScalarQuantization(), QccSQInverseScalarQuantization()
  11-apr-1998:  Changed normalization of QccWAVFilter to M_SQRT2 for
                  all filters
  11-apr-1998:  Added binary_values.c to libQccPack
  11-apr-1998:  Modified QccBitBuffer: QccBitBufferStart() opens file,
                  QccBitBufferEnd() closes file
  11-apr-1998:  Added QccBitBufferGetChar(), QccBitBufferPutChar(),
                  QccBitBufferGetInt(), QccBitBufferPutInt(),
                  QccBitBufferGetDouble(), QccBitBufferPutDouble(),
  10-apr-1998:  Added sr.c, srencode, srdecode
  10-apr-1998:  Added QccWAVWaveletAnalysisQuantize(),
                  QccWAVWaveletSynthesisInverseQuantize()
  09-apr-1998:  Added QccWAVCalcSubbandResolution()

Version 0.8:
  16-mar-1998:  Pre-release version 0.8
  15-mar-1998:  libQccPack.h now includes stdlib.h
  15-mar-1998:  Created image_pnm.c and moved PNM code from image.c
  14-mar-1998:  Added HTML man pages
  14-mar-1998:  Updated avqrate.1
  14-mar-1998:  Added entropy-coding estimation to paul.c and gy.c
  12-mar-1998:  Reorganization to provide consistent initialization,
                  allocation, and free routines for structure-based data types
  28-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageComponentAdd() and 
                  QccIMGImageComponentSubtract()
  28-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageFilter2D()
  28-feb-1998:  Change QccIMGImageFilter() to QccIMGImageFilterSeparable()
  28-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageComponentFilter2D()
  28-feb-1998:  Change QccIMGImageComponentFilter() to
                  QccIMGImageComponentFilterSeparable()
  14-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageDCT() and QccIMGImageInverseDCT()
  14-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageComponentDCT()
  14-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageComponentInverseDCT()
  14-feb-1998:  Added QccVectorArrayDCT() and QccVectorArrayInverseDCT()
  14-feb-1998:  Added QccVectorDCT() and QccVectorInverseDCT()
  14-feb-1998:  Change QccVectorAllocFree() to QccVectorArrayFree()
  14-feb-1998:  Change QccVectorAllocArray() to QccVectorArrayAlloc()
  14-feb-1998:  Created vector_array.c
  11-feb-1998:  Fixed error in Modified UCS Color Space conversions
  06-feb-1998:  Fixed -n option of icptoimg
  06-feb-1998:  Added QccIMGImageComponentNormalize()
  01-feb-1998:  Added sqtocbk
  21-jan-1998:  Added -cie to imgdist
  21-jan-1998:  Added QccIMGImageCIEColorSNR(), image_color_conversion.c
  21-jan-1998:  Added entropy coding of sideinfo to QccAVQgtrCalcRate()  
  19-jan-1998:  Added winner to QccVectorMaxValue(), QccVectorMinValue()
  15-jan-1998:  Added QccDatasetReadSlidingBlock()
  20-dec-1997:  Added QccBitBufferFree()
  19-dec-1997:  Add auxiliary_list to QccVectorSortComponents()
  19-dec-1997:  Major changes to libQccPackWAV and libQccPackIMG:
                  QccWAVCoefficientImage datatype removed,
                  QccIMGImageComponent used instead;
                  max_value, min_value added to QccIMGImageComponent
  19-dec-1997:  Changed QccMatchRand() to use random() and srandom()
  09-dec-1997:  Added imgsqencode, imgsqdecode
  09-dec-1997:  Added image_sq.c to libQccPackIMG
  04-dec-1997:  QccAVQgtrEncode() now accounts for codebook-coder 
                  distortion in update decision
  04-dec-1997:  Modified QccAVQGershoYanoEncode() to call 
                  QccAVQSideInfoCodebookCoder()
  04-dec-1997:  Modified QccAVQPaulEncode() to call
                  QccAVQSideInfoCodebookCoder()
  03-dec-1997:  Modified QccAVQgtrEncode() to call
                  QccAVQSideInfoCodebookCoder()
  03-dec-1997:  Added QccAVQSideInfoCodebookCoder()
  03-dec-1997:  Added vector_indices to QccAVQSideInfoSymbol()

Version 0.7:
  21-nov-1997:  Pre-release version 0.7
  21-nov-1997:  Added bit-rate output to chnarithmeticencode
  20-nov-1997:  Added scalar quantizer for mean in 
                  QccWAVCoefficientImageSubtractMean()
  19-nov-1997:  Fixed block_size errors in QccChannelRemoveNullSymbols()
                  and QccChannelGetNumNullSymbols()
  18-nov-1997:  Added QccAVQSideInfoWriteSymbolVectorIndices()
  17-nov-1997:  Added vector_component_alphabet_size to QccAVQSideInfo
  17-nov-1997:  Added fileptr to QccBitBuffer
  15-nov-1997:  Moved QccENTArithmeticEncodeStart(), 
                  QccENTArithmeticEncodeEnd() out of QccENTArithmeticEncode()
  15-nov-1997:  Moved QccENTArithmeticDecodeStart() 
                  out of QccENTArithmeticDecode()
  15-nov-1997:  Added chnarithmeticencode, chnaritheticdecode
  15-nov-1997:  Added QccBitBufferFlush() to QccENTArithmeticEncodeFlush()
  15-nov-1997:  Added QccFileGetSize(), QccFileGetCurrentPosition()
  13-nov-1997:  Added entropy.c in libQccPackENT; moved QccVectorEntropy()
                  there and renamed it
  13-nov-1997:  Added libQccPackENT
  13-nov-1997:  Added order to QccChannelEntropy()
  11-nov-1997:  Added QccChannelGetNumNullSymbols()
  11-nov-1997:  Added QccChannelRemoveNullSymbols()
  11-nov-1997:  Added bit_buffer.c to libQccPack
  21-oct-1997:  Added QccAVQSideInfoReadSymbolVectorIndices()
  21-oct-1997:  Major modifications in libQccPackAVQ:
                  All AVQ algorithms now use libQccPackSQ functions
                    for side information.
                  precision, offset, and shift fields removed from
                  QccSQSideInfo struct in favor of a scalar quantizer
  15-oct-1997:  Fixed parsing of switches in spawn
  15-oct-1997:  Added imgdpcmencode, imgdpcmdecode, image_dpcm.o
  14-oct-1997:  Added squniform, sqlloyd
  14-oct-1997:  Moved all QccVQChannel stuff to libQccPack; renamed to
                  QccChannel
  13-oct-1997:  Added QccSQLloydMakeQuantizer()
  13-oct-1997:  Modified Makefile tree (again)
  13-oct-1997:  Added QccMathGaussianDensity(), QccMathLaplacianDensity()
  12-oct-1997:  Added libQccPackSQ:
                  QccSQScalarQuantizer datatype
                  QccSQScalarQuantization(), QccSQInverseScalarQuantization()
                  QccSQMakeUniformQuantizer(), QccSQMakeULawQuantizer(),
                  QccSQMakeALawQuantizer()
  12-oct-1997:  Moved all QccVQDataset stuff to libQccPack;  renamed to
                  QccDataset
  09-oct-1997:  Added seqdist
  07-oct-1997:  Added QccAVQSideInfoReadNextFlagSymbol()
  30-sep-1997:  Changed QccAVQgtrPrintRate() to QccAVQgtrCalcRate(),
                  QccAVQPaulPrintRate() to QccAVQPaulCalcRate(), and
                  QccAVQGershoYanoPrintRate() to QvvAVQGershoYanoCalcRate();
                  added verbose flag and return of rate value
  27-sep-1997:  Fixed QccVQCodewordReallocArray()
  27-sep-1997:  Added ferror() calls to QccVQCodebookWriteHeader(),
                  QccVQDatasetWriteHeader(), 
                  QccWAVCoefficientImageWriteHeader(),
                  QccAVQSideInfoWriteHeader()
  27-sep-1997:  Fixed ferror() error in QccVQChannelWriteHeader()
  26-sep-1997:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidSplitToDat()
  19-sep-1997:  Modified gtrencode, gtrdecode, paulencode, and pauldecode
                  to handle null channel symbols
  19-sep-1997:  Added QCCVQCHANNEL_NULLSYMBOL; modified QccVQChannelEntropy()
                  to handle null channel symbols
  18-sep-1997:  Changed QccAVQgtrEncode() and QccAVQgtrDecode() to allow
                  online initial codebook generation; added -ic switch to
                  gtrencode and gtrdecode; added -cs switch to gtrencode
  18-sep-1997:  Added max_codebook_size to QccAVQSideInfo        
  18-sep-1997:  Added QccVectorRealloc(), QccVectorVQCodewordReallocArray(),
                  QccVQCodebookAddCodeword()
  17-sep-1997:  Added seqdeinterlace
  17-sep-1997:  Added image_sequence.c to libQccPackIMG
  14-sep-1997:  Major changes in libQccPackIMG:
                  Introduction of QccIMGImage structure, library routines
                  changed to handle handle both PPM as well as PGM images,
  05-sep-1997:  Added arithmetic_sequence
  05-sep-1997:  Removed start_of_data from QccVQDataset, QccVQChannel, 
                  QccAVQSideInfo
  05-sep-1997:  Removed ftell() calls from QccVQDatasetReadHeader(),
                  QccVQChannelReadHeader(), QccAVQSideInfoReadHeader()
  20-aug-1997:  Changed error detection with fscanf() to use ferror()
  29-aug-1997:  Added QccFileReadInt(), QccFileWriteInt()
  29-aug-1997:  Added ferror() calls to QccFileReadDouble(), 
                  QccFileWriteDouble(), QccFileReadChar(), QccFileWriteChar(),
                  QccFileReadString()
  29-aug-1997:  Changed return value of QccFileReadDouble()

Version 0.6:
  23-jul-1997:  Pre-release version 0.6
  23-jul-1997:  Added make_noise_image
  22-jul-1997:  Renamed QccWAVCoefficientImageSplitPyramid() to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidSplit()
  22-jul-1997:  Renamed QccWAVCoefficientImageAssemblePyramid() to
                  QccWAVSubbandPyramidAssemble()
  22-jul-1997:  Added QccWAVCoefficientImageAddNoiseSquare()
  22-jul-1997:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidAddNoiseSquare()
  22-jul-1997:  Added QccWAVSubbandPyramidGetSubbandOffsets()
  16-jul-1997:  Added QccVQCodebookReadData(), QccVQCodebookWriteData()

Version 0.5:
  15-jul-1997:  Pre-release version 0.5
  15-jul-1997:  Modified Makefiles for proper directory installation
  15-jul-1997:  Expanded README information
  15-jul-1997:  Massive renaming and reorganization:
                  VQPack was renamed QccPack
                  Names of some subroutines were changed so to make the
                    namings more uniform

Version 0.4:
  11-jul-1997:  Pre-release version 0.4
  04-jul-1997:  Made speed improvements to QccVQGeneralizedLloydVQTraining() 
                  and QccVQEntropyConstrainedVQTraining()
  04-jul-1997:  Added QccVQCodebookSetProbsFromPartitions()
  02-jul-1997:  Added ecvqtrain, ecvqencode
  02-jul-1997:  Added codeword_codelengths field to QccVQCodebook struct
  20-jun-1997:  Added QccVQEntropyConstrainedVQTraining()
  11-jun-1997:  Implemented QccVectorSortComponents() with Quicksort
  10-jun-1997:  Added QccWAVSubbandToString()
  04-jun-1997:  Moved leftover columns/rows handling from dattocof.c to
                  QccWAVDatToCof() and fixed error
  04-jun-1997:  Renamed QccWAVWaveletAnalysisImageNested() to 
                  QccWAVWaveletAnalysisSubbandPyramid()
  04-jun-1997:  Renamed QccWAVWaveletSynthesisImageNested() to 
                  QccWAVWaveletSynthesisSubbandPyramid()
  04-jun-1997:  Added QccVQDatasetSetMaxMinValues()
  04-jun-1997:  Added QccVQDatasetReadWholefile(), 
                  QccVQDatasetWriteWholefile(),
                  QccVQChannelReadWholefile(), QccVQChannelWriteWholefile()
  04-jun-1997:  Fixed div-by-zero error in QccVQGeneralizedLloydVQTraining()
  04-jun-1997:  Changed QccMathRand() to use drand48()
  03-jun-1997:  Added linked_list.c to libQccPackVQ.a
  30-may-1997:  Added QccVQDatasetCalcVectorPowers(), QccVectorPower()
  30-may-1997:  Added multiple-argument support to QccParseParameters()
  29-may-1997:  Added QccWAVCoefficientImageSplitPyramid(); chnaged cofsplit to
                  use new function
  28-may-1997:  Added QccFileWriteChar(), QccFileReadChar()
  27-may-1997:  Added cofsplit
  27-may-1997:  Modified wavelet_analysis and wavelet_synthesis to incorporate
                  multi-level decomposition and reconstruction
  27-may-1997:  Added num_levels to QccWAVCoefficientImage, 
                  QCCWAVCOEFFICIENTIMAGE_REVNUM changed to 1.1
  26-may-1997:  Allowed tile size not to mathc resolution in dattocof,
                  coftodat, datopgm, and pgmtodat
  23-may-1997:  Added datcut
  23-may-1997:  Fixed error in spawn
  22-may-1997:  Changed datmse to datdist, adding psnr calculation
  21-may-1997:  Changed pgmmse to pgmdist, adding snr and psnr calculations
  16-may-1997:  Added gyencode, gydecode, and associated man pages
  16-may-1997:  gtrrate changed to avqrate; added QccAVQgtrPrintRate(),
                  QccAVQPaulPrintRate()
  16-may-1997:  Added alphabet_size to QccVQChannel struct; QCCVQCHANNEL_REVNUM
                  changed to 1.1
  16-may-1997:  Added QccExtractRevisionFromMagicNumber()
  15-may-1997:  Added program_name to QccAVQSideInfo struct, named
                  num_flag_entries to N, 
                  QCCAVQSIDEINFO_REVNUM changed to 1.1
  15-may-1997:  Changed VQVersion to QccPrintQccPackVersion; added
                  QccGetProgramName()
  15-may-1997:  Fixed error in error messages in printfile
  14-may-1997:  Added QccVectorArrayMaxSignalPower() to math.c
  07-may-1997:  Added flag/update vector information to side information
                  display in gtrrate
  10-apr-1997:  Fixed error in QccWAVCoefficientImageSetMin(),
                  QccWAVCoefficientImageSetMax()

Version 0.3:
  04-apr-1997:  Pre-release version 0.3
  04-apr-1997:  Added spawn, spawn_end
  04-apr-1997:  Added QccVQDatasetMse(), datmse
  04-apr-1997:  Added geometric_sequence
  04-apr-1997:  Fixed error in gla (stopping distortion-threshold calc.)
  03-apr-1997:  Changed asciitobin to asciitodat
  03-apr-1997:  Added -vo switch to gtrrate, pgmmse, chnentropy

Version 0.2:
  19-mar-1997:  Pre-release version 0.2
  19-mar-1997:  Added man pages:
                  gtrencode.1, gtrdecode.1, gtrrate.1, coftodat.1, coftopgm.1,
                  dattocof.1, pgmtocof.1, wavelet_analysis.1, 
                  wavelet_synthesis.1, dattopgm.1, pgmmse.1, pgmtodat.1
  19-mar-1997:  Added -fc option to gtrencode
  18-mar-1997:  Changed name of libs.
  18-mar-1997:  Added man pages:
                  vqencode.1, gla.1, vqdecode.1, chnentropy.1, printfile.1,
                  asciitobin.1, vqpack.1
  18-mar-1997:  Moved printfile and asciitobin to new src/misc_utilities
                  directory
  17-mar-1997:  Changed name of lbg to gla
  10-mar-1997:  Added round_flag to QccIMGClipGrayValue
  05-mar-1997:  Added printing of sideinfo/channel rate to gtrrate
  04-mar-1997:  Added -d option to chnentropy
  24-feb-1997:  Changed name of vqquantize to vqencode
  21-feb-1997:  Moved QccError definition to within libvq.a
 
Version 0.1:
  18-feb-1997:  Initial Pre-release


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