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

[Steve Lime]

I've not been able to figure out how to contribute. It's a non-open Open
Source project. There
is no public CVS, no snapshots just an address to report bugs and an
offer of paid support.

Note that I wasn't thinking of a fork (although I have in the past),
rather an alternative distribution
that we could point users at until a new GD version is released.
Autodesk would have to confirm but
I believe all modifications have been offered back to the authors.

Steve

>>> Dave McIlhagga <dmcilhagga at DMSOLUTIONS.CA> 11/13/2006 7:44 AM >>>
If the existing GD guys can't make this a priority -- are they open to

new active developers/contributors?

After all -- if we're talking about essentially a GD fork, we're going

to be maintaining it ourselves anyway.

Dave


Steve Lime wrote:
> 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
>