v0.34.0 - 4th April 2025 - Sharp

Breaking: Support array of input images to be joined or animated. #1580
Breaking: Ensure removeAlpha removes all alpha channels. #2266
Breaking: Non-animated GIF output defaults to no-loop instead of loop-forever. #3394
Breaking: Support info.size on wide-character systems via upgrade to C++17. #3943
Breaking: Ensure background metadata can be parsed by color package. #4090
Add isPalette and bitsPerSample to metadata, deprecate paletteBitDepth.
Expose WebP smartDeblock output option.
Prevent use of linux-x64 binaries with v1 microarchitecture.
Add autoOrient operation and constructor option. #4151 @happycollision
TypeScript: Ensure channel counts use the correct range. #4197 @DavidVaness
Improve support for ppc64le architecture. #4203 @sumitd2
Add pdfBackground constructor property. #4207 @calebmer
Expose erode and dilate operations. #4243 @qpincon
Add support for RGBE images. Requires libvips compiled with radiance support. #4316 @florentzabera
Allow wide-gamut HEIF output at higher bitdepths. #4344