I think the release should be marked as ALPHA. This is because: - there are many unresolved issues - it's highly likely that the next release will break compatibility
This should also be highlighted in the release notes. On 18 May 2017 at 17:09, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On May 18, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Damjan, >> >>> Am 18.05.2017 um 08:16 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org>: >>> >>> Imaging is in quite a sad state compared to javax.imageio, with very >>> limited JPEG support that is hard to improve without major research, and >>> doesn't add that much value. People seem to mostly use it for extracting >>> image metadata. >>> >>> I would like to see most of the following in 1.0: >>> * Proper support for multi-image formats, where you can see individual >>> properties for each image >>> * Thumbnail support for image formats that support it >>> * Support for incremental loading of image formats like progressive JPEG >>> * Non-blocking I/O >>> * Random access file I/O >>> * Support for enormous images, too big to fit in memory, by processing them >>> line-by-line or tile-by-tile >>> * Independence from java.awt, and Android support >>> * Imaging as a javax.imageio extension that provides the JVM with support >>> for new image formats >> >> Any reason we can’t add this after 1.0? I’d like to get the release train >> going for imaging. Once we have a 1.0 I think it will be easier to push out >> incremental releases… >> > > To add to Benedikt’s point here there are a considerable number of projects > depending on 1.0-SNAPSHOT: > > https://github.com/search?l=Maven+POM&q=commons-imaging&type=Code&utf8=✓ > > So, if we feel that the code is in a relative stable place now, why not cut a > 1.0 and try to make these improvements as time goes on. > > I’d be happy to RM for it if necessary. > > -Rob > >> Benedikt >> >>> >>> Damjan >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Imaging's inception year is 2007. It has left the incubator around 2009. >>>> There hasn’t been a release under the Apache Commons umbrella, for various >>>> reason. I think we gave the initial contributors a hard time because we >>>> focused to much on code instead of community. >>>> Imaging is out there. People are using it. I’ve seen project simply >>>> depending on a SNAPSHOT version. This code is useful to a large group of >>>> people. >>>> So I propose that we just release it. >>>> >>>> WDYT? >>>> >>>> Benedikt >>>> >>>> P.S.: Please no „we need to fix this and that“ comments, if you’re not >>>> intending to fix this stuff. >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>> >>>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> <mailto:dev-h...@commons.apache.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
