Bug 1957, a solution... (sort of)

[Steve Lime]

There hasn't been a new version of GD in two years and no indication
that one is planned soon. I believe the Autodesk folks had submitted all
of their changes to the GD authors. The last contact I had with the GD 
guys was related to the serious bounds checking error they have with
antialiased rendering. At that time he indicated a new version was in
the
works but never answered follow-up emails inquiring about timing, access
to beta versions and so forth. That was 6 to 9 months ago.

Steve

>>> Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net> 11/12/06 11:38 PM >>>
Perhaps more back-story is required... why isn't the change just  
going into vanilla GD?

P

On 12-Nov-06, at 9:27 PM, Steve Lime wrote:

> Hi all: I've been putzing around with bug 1957 testing. It's a problem
> with GD where it's clipping too soon with brushed lines which leaves
> artifacts along image edges. The wider the line the more obvious the
> artifact. Plays havoc when tiling. Anyway, on a whim I installed the
> version of GD that Autodesk updated as part of MapGuide figuring they
> must have seen this behavior. They did and that code works great, no
> artifacts.
>
> So, what to do next? I don't want to have to fix GD yet again and I  
> know
> Bob and Gary had always intended to contribute their GD modifications
> back to that project. I'm wondering about the possiblity of de- 
> coupling
> the Autodesk version of GD from MapGuide for a broader distribution-
> sort of an OSGeo-branded GD. What do folks think?
>
> Steve