hi, On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I tried to post this note via the web interace, but I don't think it made > it, so here it is again. I finally figured out how to subscribe to the list > properly. > > (side NOTE: how to subscribe to the lists is very poorly documented -- > there is nice whole page about all the php lists, but no links or docs > about how to subscribe. Elsewhere, I found how to subscribe to php-general, > and extrapolated from that -- however, it took a bunch of failed attempts, > and much frustration, before I figured out that list list is called > "internals" rather than "php.internals" or "php-internals", or ???. But I > guess that weeds out the less-persistent!) > > Sorry if it's a repeat. > > I'm interesting in the status of the GD lib as a stand-alone library. I'd > like to use it on it's own, and perhaps write some new python bindings for > it. > > But as we all know the state of libGD's web presence is confusing (though > recently improved). I have found it hard to: > > 1) know which source code I should use
With PHP, for any version prior to 5.5, build using "--with-gd", that will use the builtin version. As of 5.5, we have synced both versions so from a features and fixes point of view, they are on the same line. > 2) find the docs I have to put it back, but it is in most headers too. > 3) figure out where to ask questions, perhaps post patches, etc. (why I'm > posting to this list) you can fork and do pull requests on our git repo at bitbuckets. The issues tracker is the place to post report bugs or features requests. > So; > > a) is there a mailing list or something that I missed? Yes, via the lists.php.net, ie. see http://news.php.net/php.gd.devel > b) is there interest (probably from Pierre or Tom) to continue to maintain > it, clean up its web presence, etc.? (note -- there really isn'ta ll that > much to do to improve the situation a lot -- simply putting all the code, > docs, and a small info page all in one place, and having a mailing list) It is maintained, see http://www.libgd.org and the link to the repository. > I like GD, as it is simple, fast, and does what I need it to do. Same here :) While I still need a couple of new things, but they will be added in gd 2.2. > I'd rather > not get into the mess of Cairo, or AGG, or skia (though skia does look > pretty promising...). But I do need to know that there's some support > before committing much effort to it. There is :) We also have a IRC channel on freenode, #libgd. Thanks for your interest! -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
