[Kde-imaging] [Bug 149874] Include dcraw version 8.77

[Gerhard Kulzer]

Am Friday 02 November 2007 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> 2 Nov 2007 06:17:10 -0000, Gerhard Kulzer <gerhard at kulzer.net>:
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> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149874
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> > ------- Additional Comments From gerhard kulzer net  2007-11-02 07:17
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> > Well, as far as I can see libkdcraw version 0.1.2 is still not officially
> > released and dcraw 8.78 with the inclusion of new important cameras is
> > out.
>
> look here : http://www.kipi-plugins.org/drupal/node/4
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>
> Valerio, I have a patch ready to commit to svn that is based on 8.78. The
>
> > dcraw API has changed in that 1 additional option is available now (-m),
> > but the current libkdcraw use remains consistant. It is up to the
> > applications to add the additional options.
> > Can I commit them?
>
> send me the patch. I will look what you have changed in code (outside
> dcraw.c of course).
>
> In general :
>
> - For KDE3 branch, If dcraw command line interface is compatible, no need
> to change the API/ABI version. the change still private. If it's possible,
> we must preserve the binary compatibility. It's important for packagers.
>
> - In KDE4, we can do what we want because nothing is already released and
> API/ABI version is already incremented (for the future). If API change
> because we use new dcraw options this is not a problem. There is no bnary
> compatibility to preserve. KDE4 still under developement.
>
> Gilles

Here is the patch Gilles, 
you'll see nearly nothing need to be changed.
To be clearer about the new option: it does __NOT__ break API compatibility, 
if you're using non-adapted applications they just can't employ the new 
options, but all other remain intact.

Gerhard

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