This is it, guys. Exiv2 v0.27.3 RC2 Preview. I hope this is the code and documentation that ships in v0.27.3.

.gitignore

@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 cmake-*
 build*
 asan_build*
+xcode_build*
+msvc_build*
+cygwin_build*
+mingw_build*
 po/POTFILES
 po/remove-potcdate.sed
 po/stamp-po
 src/doxygen.hpp
 test/tmp/*
 doc/html
-
 contrib/vms/.vagrant

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ Release Notes:
 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1018#issuecomment-604539346
 
 Bugs/Fixes
+
+#1213 | Cleanup
+#1209 | fix_1208_NikonLens_0.27	#1208
+#1197 | Add c++11 support 0.27
+#1193 | geotag changes	
+#1190 | Bump Revision Number to 0.27.3.1	
+#1189 | Manpage Makeover	
+#1188 | Update ChangeLog for v0.27.3 RC1	
+#1187 | Taglist command parsing correction	
 #1185 | Update release notes v0.27.3 RC1
 #1183 | fix_1180_date_separator
 #1178 | Reduce system calls in FileIo::eof()
@@ -45,6 +54,7 @@ Bugs/Fixes
  #927 | Translation Exiv2 in Dutch (nl)  Translation
 
 Security
+#1210 | Insufficient verification (cycle) in Image::printIFDStructure()
 #1141 | fix 1091 Fix unbounded recursion in bigtiffimage.cpp
 #1116 | fix_1099_0.27 exiv2 aborts with registerNs
 #1115 | fix_1097_0.27 Segfault of exiv2 with pr flag
@@ -55,6 +65,11 @@ Security
 #1125 | fix_984_0.27 NULL-pointer read in XMPMeta.cpp
 
 Build Infrastructure
+#1218 | CMake issues concerning install and uninstall 
+#1213 | Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH during tests
+#1211 | http.cpp fails to compile on mingw/cygwin
+#1201 | Cannon link prebuilt MinGW binaries in Qt project
+#1200 | Numerous improvements to Appveyor and GitLib CI builds
 #1184 | fix_1121_CODEOWNERS_0.27
 #1181 | GCC 9.3.0 broken on MinGW/msys2 and CYGWIN
 #1175 | fix_1102_msysGCC93_0.27
@@ -66,6 +81,7 @@ Build Infrastructure
 #1121 | Add CODEOWNERS
 
 Test Infrastructure
+#1207 | Extensive changes and clarifications in README.md
 #1174 | add http test to iotest.sh
 #1172 | Fix 1164 unit tests 0.27
 #1173 | enhanced_test6_0.27

releasenotes/releasenotes.txt

@@ -6,27 +6,32 @@ Headline Features of Exiv2 v0.27.3
 Thank you to Phil, Sridhar, Luis, Kevin, and Andreas S for working with me on the release.
 As always, thanks to my wife Alison and our cat Lizzie for their support.
 
-1) Bug and security fixes
+1) Bug and security fixes:
+   - Security fixes
+   - Improved Unicode/charset handling in comments
    - Improved lens recognition
    - Updated Catalan and Dutch localisation
+
+2) Changes to downloadable build bundles:
+   - Revised documentation and man page
    - Replace license.txt with COPYING
    - Removed contrib/ directory from bundle
    - share/locale has localisation files
-   - Security fixes
+   - msvc bundle built with vs2019
 
-2) Build, test and documentation
-   - Improved documentation and man page
+3) Build and Test:
+   - Support for C++11 and C++14
    - Improved test harness and documentation
-   - Visual Studio test support
+   - Test support for Visual Studio
    - Cross compiling support
    - UNIX support (Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD)
-   - http test support (WIP)
+   - Http test support
 
-3) New Additions
+4) Additions:
    - contrib/vs2019 Visual Studio support
+   - contrib/Qt Qt sample project
    - .github/CONTRIBUTORS file
    - Defined security process (TBD)
-   - Exif 2.32 support (TBD)
 
 Detailed Change List since 0.27.2
 ---------------------------------
@@ -39,11 +44,11 @@ Future Releases
 I returned from retirement to undertake the 0.27.3 project.
 It's likely that I will work on 0.27.4 in Spring 2021.
 
-Team Exiv2 are looking for contributors to work on Exiv2 v0.28
+Team Exiv2 is looking for contributors to work on Exiv2 v0.28
 
 Robin Mills
 robin@clanmills.com
-2020-04-27
+2020-05-23
 
 -------------------------
 Release Notes for v0.27.2

test/functions.source

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Library of bash functions use by test/*.sh
 # The scripts begin "source functions.source"
+# Don't detab this file! removeTest() addModTest() need them!
 
 ##
 # run a test