Re: ext/imagick update (fwd)

> Really, I've *never* come across a piece of code that used > imagemagick. I think it definitely does have a use, don't get > me wrong, I'm just doubting that the use is widespread enough to > be in PHP's cvs currently... IMHO, imagemagick is a powerfull tools. Some of their functionnalities could be done with the gd ext (at least with a piece of phpcode), but gd is not and will not be a complete images converter/modifier and not optimize to be. I use imagick as a command line (exec) to convert, resize, and so for several years, speeds up the jobs and best result. > I think perhaps we should in the meantime have a little > "repository" somewhere of extensions (just a list), where > imagemagick could be listed. Also, as you said yourself, > currently its very basic, so at least we should let it mature a > little (btw, I'm just going on what you said here, I haven't > looked at the code). The repository is a great idea :). pa