[Kde-imaging] extragear/libs/kipi-plugins/rawconverter[POSSIBLY UNSAFE]

[Gilles Caulier]

On Wednesday 11 October 2006 10:53, Aurelien Gateau wrote:
> >> and if, as you said, there are a >> lot of people who want to have
> >> libdcraw why not to implement it? > > Because it very complicated to do
> >> (:=))). Look in dcraw.c for example.
>
> dcraw.c + dcrawiface.cpp could be considered to be libdcraw :-).Am I wrong?

Not exactly, because dcraw.c is compiled to give and external binary program 
named "kipidcraw". In fact it's dcraw but fully tested with the plugin.

The dcrawiface is a class witch invoque the kipidcraw binary program using the 
right options. Of course this interface can be used with recent dcraw 
version, but it's not a real library witch include the dcraw implementation.

To have tried to make a full C++ dcraw class in digiKam core, i can said that 
it's possible to do but _very_ difficult to maintain. Also, it's not my task 
to maintain this RAW decoder implementation. The algorithms are very complex.

Also, it's a nightmare to update the code from Dave to a C++ library.

If a dcraw library must be done, it's the task of Dave, not an external guy.

I'm not sure than libopenraw is a right way. Dave do not contribute to this 
project. It's a big problem.

Gilles