[ptx] lzw compression unavailable due to unisys patent enforcement

[Rich]

Bruno Postle wrote:
> On Wed 26-Jul-2006 at 13:33 +0300, Rich wrote:
> 
>> have i missed something ? at which point has this been disabled ? did 
>> unisys approach hugin developers ?
> 
> No, this is a problem with the version of libtiff on your system.  Most 
> recent distributions have LZW compression enabled since the patents have 
> expired.
> 
>> how does deflate compare to lzw ?
> 
> Deflate is generally better in my experience.

both on times & compression ?
i suppose it is fully supported by enblend & gimp, right ?
if so i probably can just use deflate from now on =)
-- 
  Rich