[INTERNALS-WIN] Re: New Windows/others dependencies for bundled GD in PHP 8.6?

Hi Pierre, Thanks for reaching out. I saw the new workflows briefly. I will have a look later today. A couple of things I noticed. In winlibs we follow the convention for tags as <library>-<version>, (like libcurl-8.21.0) and that passes to the artifact names in the workflows, so please retag them. I would prefer if we did static builds for these new libraries and avoided introducing any new DLL files. Yes, we add the builds to the staging manifests for upgrades/new libraries. We use the workflows in https://github.com/php/web-downloads to manage the uploads and manifest updates. I can do the builds this weekend and upload them. Thanks Shivam > On 2 Jul 2026, at 1:57 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > > hello, > > Added Shivam as cc just in case :) > > I have synchronized PHP’s bundled libgd with the current libgd 2.4 > development code, as a first step to add the new features and fix some > existing. The PR is https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/22532 > > I need to add some libraries to the various runners, and > packages-master-vs18-x64 for windows. > > I already added the new libs to winlibs for windows, but libtiff (will > do later this week). Besides the new additions, it also makes windows > builds on par with almost all other platforms when it comes to what is > available. > > So far: > - Added winlibs repositories for libjxl, libultrahdr, and libheif. > - Added corresponding winlib-builder workflows. > - libheif is built for x64 with HEVC and AV1 encoding/decoding, > including static codec backends. > - libjxl and libultrahdr Windows builds are working. > - PHP’s ext/gd/config.w32 can detect and enable these optional libraries. > > The remaining issues are distribution. PHP’s VS18 dependency manifest > currently contains none of these packages, so Windows CI reports them > as unavailable and builds GD without those features. And add them for > Ubuntu/Alpine, not sure about others, but i think it would be good to > have them as well. libultrahdr may require a custom build for most > linux. If that helps, those requiring custom builds are in the > libgd/libgd workflows, but for windows I use vcpkg for most deps, and > custom builds for all platforms for libultrahdr. > > I do not think I should add new packages directly to the stable > manifest, even though PHP 8.6 is currently alpha. What would be the > steps to add them? > > Once it is sorted out, the next stage is the extension itself, maybe a > clean new PR to split both changes and easier for reviews. > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye