[pygame] SDL library releases

[Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org>]

Today there was a new release for all the SDL helper libraries. Most of 
the new features will work automatically with pygame. I'll be putting 
together another new win32 binary (1.5.5C i guess) that has all the 
newness built in. here's a brief list of what is most exciting for 
pygame developers.

SDL_image 1.2.3:
 * Added 24-bit support to the ILBM format loader
 * The JPEG loader can now load EXIF format JPEG images
 * The XCF loader now ignores invisible layers and channels

SDL_mixer 1.2.5:
 * Worked around MacOS X deadlock between CoreAudio and QuickTime
 * Fixed crash in native midi code with files with more than 32 tracks
 * Added 8SVX format support to the AIFF loader
 * Fixed volume control on WAVE and MOD music chunks
 * Added support for the Atari platform
 * Patch from Steven Fuller to fix panning effect with 8-bit sounds
 * Patch from guy on 3DRealms forums to fix native win32 midi volume
 * Small, looping music samples should now be able to fade out correctly
 * Added shared library support for MacOS X
 * Correctly report an error when using an unknown filetype
 * Added support for loading Ogg Vorbis samples as an audio chunk
 * Fixed to start playing another sample immediately when one finishes
 * Fixed a volume bug when calling Mix_HaltChannel() on unused channel
 * Fixed volume reset bug at end of channel fade.
 * Mix_LoadMUS() will now accept an MP3 by file extension, instead of
   relying entirely on the magic number.

SDL_ttf 2.0.6:
 * Fixed UNICODE endian issues, added TTF_ByteSwappedUNICODE()
 * Fixed memory corruption problem with small point sizes
 * Added initial .fon support to SDL_ttf
 * Fixed wrapping bug with negative horizontal bearing
 * Fixed TTF_RenderGlyph_Solid() to use the bitmap instead of pixmap
 * Added the ability to load a font from an SDL_RWops stream

all three libraries also "Added shared library support for MacOS X"


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