libjpeg-turbo has never really supported such compilers, since (AFAIK)
they are non-existent on any modern computing platform and thus
impossible for us to test. (Also, the TurboJPEG API would break without
unsigned chars.)
Furthermore, the unified CMake-based build system introduced in 2.0
always defines HAVE_UNSIGNED_CHAR, so retaining other code paths is
pointless. Eliminating support for compilers without unsigned char
eliminates the need for the GETJSAMPLE() macro, which improves the
readability of many parts of the code as well as improving the
performance of writing Targa and Windows BMP files.
Fixes#317
01e3032354