Will, perhaps Dave isn't interresed to maintain the lib interface. But we can do it !!!
In this case, he can continue to work on a core decoding part of the lib. What do you think about ? Gilles Le Jeudi 16 Mars 2006 19:29, Will Stokes a écrit : > I sadly doubt this will happen. Have you read this quote from the > dcraw web page? > > "Why don't you implement dcraw as a library? > > I have decided that dcraw shall be a command-line program written in > C, and that any further abstraction layers must be added around this > core, not inside it. > > Library code is ugly because it cannot use global variables. Libraries > are more difficult to modify, build, install, and test than standalone > programs, and so are inappropriate for file formats that change every > day. > > There's a simpler way to make dcraw modular and thread-safe: Run it as > a separate process. Eric Raymond explains this technique here." > > This might work well for strickly Linux/BSD users who by nature have > lots of command line utilties installed on their systems. This > approach doesn't mesh well with front end GUI apps for Windows and OSX > in my opinion. I like Linux, but I'm not about to force it down the > throat of my users. My apps are cross platform and I intend to keep it > that way. > -Will > > On 3/16/06, Alexander Rabtchevich > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be nice to see Dave among authors/contributors of the new > > library. > > > > Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > > As for the new camera it uses, well you grab the RCS file from Dave > > > Coffin and look at the diffs :-) > > > > > > > > > Hub > > > > -- > > With respect > > Alexander Rabtchevich > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------- > Will Stokes wstokes (at) gmail.com > Album Shaper http://albumshaper.sf.net > -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
