It's not something you generally need to be concerned about. Pillow is a maintained fork of PIL, which was abandoned years ago. For example, it works under Python 3, and can be installed using pip (instead of from source).
Same code base, just maintained. -tk On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Joe Percival <[email protected]> wrote: > I followed the setup.py installation instructions. > One of those instructions is to execute: > sudo apt-get install python-imaging > > From what I have read, under Ubuntu, this may install Pillow instead of > the older PIL, and I have seen suggestions that this may result in the need > to install more support packages to handle different image formats. > > Is this "old news" that I don't need to be concerned about or ??? > > FYI, not only will I be generating Weewx graphics, but I will also be > "doctoring" images downloaded from some webcams. > > Thanks, > joe > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
