Re: Bundled GD library
| From: | Christoph Becker | Date: | Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:29:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bundled GD library | ||
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Pierre Joye wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Jun 29, 2015 3:34 AM, "Christoph Becker" <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I've just learned from ext/gd/libgd/README that the bundled GD library
>> is actually a fork of libgd, which was quite a surprise to me as I
>> thought gd is handled similar to pcre and sqlite3.
>
> It is somehow similar as it was an actual fork before we took over the
> upstream version.
>
> Due to own BC reasons we cannot be fully synced with upstream at this stage
> but a large part of the library is.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the explanation. :)
>> Anyhow, I wonder how to deal with bug reports for PHP's gd extension, if
>> they point to a common bug in libgd. Shall I make PRs against php-src
>> *and* report the issue to libgd?
>
> Either way. If you can do both it will be fantastic. But as the same
> persons maintain both sides, we do our best to keep them synced :)
Okay, so I'll do both. :)
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Christoph M. Becker