[Digikam-devel] Imaging Library

[Gilles Caulier]

Le Mercredi 22 Juin 2005 06:20 PM, Renchi Raju a écrit :
> following some discussion on kde-core-devel, i have added a Raw Image
> Loader to the DImage. it makes use of dcraw internally and transparently
> converts to a 16 bit image and loads it up. what this means is that at
> some point, you will be able to click on a raw image and edit it just like
> any other image (and in full 16 bit precision).
>
> on the topic of when we should merge this into digikam: i would think that
> its not advisable to do it for 0.8.0 . Porting the plugins to this new
> library is going to take a substantial amount of time and will further
> delay 0.8 release. there are already a large number of exciting features
> in place for 0.8 and we should take care not to bite more than we can
> swallow. i propose porting to this library in 0.8.1 release.

Renchi can you put you image framework on SVN after 0.8.0 branch will be 
stabilized, typically when we move 0.8.0 branch to trunk. I want to start the 
port of plugins as soon as possible. I think to create a new branch named 
0.8.1(or something like that) is a good idea. Your viewpoint ?

Gilles