[gdal-dev] New JPEG 2000 Driver

[Aaron Boxer]

Hi Nyall,

Well, my point is that it's not terribly difficult to make a contribution,
but it does require some hard work,
which few are willing to expend. But, this isn't specific to JPEG 2000 -
it's the case for any FLOSS
project. The JPEG 2000 standard is difficult, but it can be grokked, if I
may use that expression, after
a few months of study and consulting with existing developers. I received
quite a bit of help from one
of the JPEG committee members when I was getting started, and I would be
happy to answer questions
about the standard, except none have been asked so far :)

Cheers,
Aaron




On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 6:03 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Aaron!
>
> I'm honestly a little confused reading your reply, as it seems to
> contradict itself:
>
> > As for the scarcity of open source expertise along with JPEG 2000, I
> also agree. But the bar to entry
> > isn't as high as it used to be - we have high-quality open source
> implementations, so anyone
> > who wants to spend a few months, (or years :) ) reading and re-reading
> the big blue JPEG 2000 book
> > and looking through the code is welcome to do so -it's not that tough.
> They should then be able to contribute.
> > if they have the time and interest.
>
> vs
>
> > to be honest, I've done 98% of the work on the library over the past 5
> years.
> > This is partly just the nature of open source,
> > especially for maddeningly complex standards like JPEG 2000. Many have
> opinions but few are prepared to roll up their
> > sleeves and do the work.
>
> Doesn't this clearly demonstrate that the available pool of developers
> with the expertise required to work on JPEG2000 is extremely small,
> and show the pressing need for a coordinated approach to JPEG 2000
> development rather than further fragmentation?
>
> Nyall
>
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