3 version 0.10 (2009-10-23):
4 ZBar goes 2D! This release introduces support for QR Code, developed
5 by our new project member, Timothy Terriberry. Timothy is an image
6 processing master, providing this sophisticated functionality using
7 only integer arithmetic and maintaining an extremely small image
8 size. Feel free to drop in on #zbar over at freenode to welcome
9 Timothy (aka derf) to the project and congratulate him on his awesome
12 Several bugs fixes and enhancements are also found in this release;
13 existing users are encouraged to upgrade.
15 version 0.9 (2009-08-31):
16 Introducing ZBar for Windows! So far we only have straight ports of
17 the command line applications, but work on a cross-platform GUI has
18 already begun. This release also has a few scanner/decoder
19 enhancements and fixes several bugs. Many internal changes are
20 represented, so please open a support request if you experience any
23 version 0.8 (2009-06-05):
24 This is a bugfix release just to clean up a few issues found in the
25 last release. Existing users are encouraged to upgrade to pick up
28 version 0.7 (2009-04-21):
29 Welcome to ZBar! In addition to finalizing the project name change,
30 this release adds new bindings for Python and fixes a few bugs with
31 the Perl interface. The decoder also has several new features and
32 addresses missing checks that will improve reliability with
33 excessively noisy images.
35 version 0.6 (2009-02-28):
36 This release fixes many bugs and adds several improvements suggested
37 by users: support for decoding UPC-E is finished. zebraimg is
38 now able to scan all pages of a document (such as PDF or TIFF) and
39 the new XML output includes the page where each barcode is found.
40 Camera support has been significantly improved, including the
41 addition of JPEG image formats. Perl bindings make it even easier
42 to write a document or video scanning application. Finally, we are
43 now able to offer initial support for building the base library for
46 version 0.5 (2008-07-25):
47 Introducing zebra widgets! Prioritized by popular demand, this
48 release includes fully functional barcode scanning widgets for GTK,
49 PyGTK, and Qt. Application developers may now seamlessly integrate
50 barcode reader support with their user interface.
52 This release also fixes many bugs; existing users are encouraged to
55 version 0.4 (2008-05-31):
56 new support for EAN-8, Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5!
57 this release also introduces the long awaited decoder configuration
58 options and fixes several bugs
60 version 0.3 (2008-02-25):
61 this is a beta release of the enhanced internal architecture.
62 support has been added for version 2 of the video4linux API and many
63 more image formats. several other feature enhancements and bug
64 fixes are also included. image scanning is slightly improved for
65 some images, but the base scan/decode function is relatively
66 untouched. significant new code is represented in this release
67 - all bug reports are welcome and will be addressed promptly!
69 version 0.2 (2007-05-16):
70 this release introduces significant enhancements, bug fixes and new
71 features! basic EAN-13/UPC-A reading has been improved and should
72 now be much more reliable. by popular request, new support has been
73 added for decoding Code 128. additionally, the build process was
74 improved and there is even basic documentation for the application
77 version 0.1 (2007-03-24):
78 first official Zebra release!
79 supports basic scanning and decoding of EAN-13 and UPC-A symbols
80 using a webcam (zebracam) or from stored image files (zebraimg).
81 still need to add support for addons and EAN-8/UPC-E