Re: [GD-DEVEL] Question On BMP Support / libgd 2.1.0

Hi Leon,

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:18:53 -0700, Leon Hauck <[email protected]> wrote:
> We're developing an app with libgd and wound up needing to write out ..bmp
> images.
> 
> I see that BMP support has been added in the 2.1 line of the library.
> 
> 1) Can anyone give me a gut feeling as to how stable the 2.1 code is, and how
> long it might be before it is officially released?
In fact the 2.0.x release takes long already.

> 2) I downloaded the 2.1, but it's missing the configure script needed to
> configure and set up the Makefiles.  Is there a different build process for the
> 2.1 line of the library that is different from the build steps in the current
> documentation.
Yes, I suppose that you downloaded the official repo at
http://bitbucket.org/pierrejoye/gd-libgd,
it introduces CMake to generate Makefile, instead of configure.

Cheers,
-- Takeshi Abe