Re: [PHP-DEV] Imlib support... From: Matt McClanahan (cardinal <email protected>)
Date: 10/18/00

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

> Imlib2 looks pretty good to me. At least from the description. The fact
> that GD is limited to 8-bit colour is a real hassle. Imlib2 doesn't have
> that restriction.
>
> As far as rewriting from scratch. If someone is keen on doing it sure,
> but stuff like that tends to not get finished. Eric, if you know Imlib2
> well enough to start attacking it, go for it.

Having already written php_imlib (http://mmcc.cx/php_imlib/), I agree it
has a lot of avantages over GD. The RGBA support is extremely handy,
however the library's chances of ever building on Win32 aren't good. :)

Aside from that, it's a relativey young library that isn't yet thread
safe, though that's on the radar of the author, in some form or another.

As such, I don't see it as a replacement for GD, simply an alternative
for the Unix-minded.

Matt 

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