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Subject: Re: [IMAGING] Why don't we just release it?
Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 09:20:30 -0400
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Hi Damjan,

> Am 18.05.2017 um 08:16 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic <damjan@apache.org>:
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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=E2=80=99t add this after 1.0? I=E2=80=99d 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=E2=80=A6

Benedikt

>=20
> Damjan
>=20
>=20
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Benedikt Ritter <britter@apache.org>
> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>=20
>> Imaging's inception year is 2007. It has left the incubator around =
2009.
>> There hasn=E2=80=99t 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=E2=80=99ve 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.
>>=20
>> WDYT?
>>=20
>> Benedikt
>>=20
>> P.S.: Please no =E2=80=9Ewe need to fix this and that=E2=80=9C =
comments, if you=E2=80=99re not
>> intending to fix this stuff.
>>=20
>>=20
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