Re: TclMagick

Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]> writes:

> > I wanted to start a discussion on TclMagick.  Rolf put in a huge
> > effort, and created the package.  I have updated a few things, and
> > want to work on the Unix side of things, so I think we have a
> > decent team to keep it moving in the future.  Right now, we're
> > trying to figure out where to do development though - swapping
> > patches via email is a bit painful, so I went ahead and created a
> > sourceforge project, but in light of the fact that Bob talked
> > about integrating TclMagick fully, we're wondering what your
> > position is - do you want to go ahead and create a TclMagick
> > directory for us to work in in CVS?  Or maybe it's best to work on
> > our own for a bit and then integrate?  How about a mailing list?
> > Looks like the Perl folks don't have one of their own, so maybe
> > API's is most appropriate for discussions between Rolf and I, or
> > should that take place on a separate list as well?

> It is true that I started work on creating a TclMagick build
> environment.  I have not checked it in since what I have right now
> is a stand-alone environment based on templates and macros from the
> Tcl project.  I was hoping to fully integrate the build with
> GraphicsMagick/ImageMagick in order to eliminate a lot of overhead
> and ensure coherency.  I have not touched this task since September
> 1st.  If someone is willing to continue work on it, I can check in
> what I have.  Access can be provided to the GraphicsMagick CVS
> repository.

My SF id is 'davidw', and Rolf's is 'schroedter'.  I think we are both
interested in actively working on this.

> It seems to me that Tcl is about as common as Perl in the Unix
> world, and TclMagick is pretty small, so it makes sense to include
> it with the base IM/GM package.  A further reason for my interest in
> it is that it helps to validate that GM's version of the Wand API
> library is compatible with the IM version.

Great, thanks:-)


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