Re: cvs: php4 /ext/gd gd.c
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 27 Jun 2002 06:45:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: cvs: php4 /ext/gd gd.c | ||
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Marko Karppinen wrote:
> on 27.6.2002 09:27, Rasmus Lerdorf at rasmus@php.net wrote:
> > I don't really like the idea of using the bundled wbmp.h to make a
> > system-installed libgd work. Chances are our wbmp.h will not match the
> > system's libgd.a. Currently there are 2 prototype differences between the
> > 1.8.3 wbmp.h and the 2.0.1 wbmp.h. But they may diverge further and there
> > might be older code out there than 1.8.3.
>
> I'll generalize this argument a bit, but... Isn't it the worst of both
> worlds to bundle a customized libgd AND maintain support for *all*
> existing gd versions?
Sure, but until 2003 when we can write gifs, we don't have much choice, do
we? If we drop support for external libgds we drop any chance people have
for creating gif images with PHP. So as far as I am concerned we need
this transitionary period.
-Rasmus