brown-bag bugs may add intermediate releases. The dates are goals,
not commitments.
-0.45: (march 2005?)
-- resolve fills test failure under 5.8.6/darwin
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/202802
- add tests to check if the same problem occurs with other ?: operators
-- stop tga_header_verify() from spewing junk to stdout (done)
-- fix i_setcolors_p bug
-- audit pnm.c (done)
-- audit tga.c (done)
-- audit rgb.c and add tests
-- add META.yml (bypass EU::MM's limited mechanism) (done)
-- implement i_incomplete for bmp files
-- check if freetype 2 is faster/slower than freetype 1 with Imager's glyph
- caching. If FT1 is faster, add caching as a TODO for FT2.
-- add XS for i_tags_get_string() and test it. It has an apparent problem
- in C<< sprintf(value, "%d", entry->data); >> since data is a pointer
- (done)
-- test and fix problem with fallback value for
- Imager::Font::BBox->advance_width. (done)
-- check handling of string() method align parameter. (done, fixed)
-- i_tt_bbox_inst in font.c uses variable i without ever setting it. (fixed)
-- add sample CGI that handles an uploaded image (done)
-- examples for fountain filter in Imager::Filters
-- allow Imager::Fountain to take color descriptions (eg. blue, FF000)
- instead of color objects for c0 and c1 (done)
-- support newer GIMP gradient files with the Name line (done)
-- provide access to right-side bearing information from the bounding box
- function (done for all drivers)
-- capture TIFF read warnings (i_warnings tag?) (done)
-- Imager::Matrix2d rotate method only applies offset if both x and y
- are non-zero, it should do it if either is non-zero (done)
-- add Imager::Cookbook with at least 5 recipes (done)
-- store floating point tags in an appropriate precision (done)
-- allow image creation to fail on malloc() failure for the image data
- rather than aborting. The current behaviour could be a denial of
- service attack. This has limited utility because of the way memory
- over commitment works on Linux (done but reverted)
-- eliminate unused variable warning (especially the RETVAL ones in Imager.xs)
- (done)
-- handle probing for libraries better (use pkg-config or I<library>-config
- where possible (freetype2 and libpng)) (done)
-- add concept index to Imager.pm pod (done, still working it)
-- replace testimg/penguin-base.ppm with a smaller image (done)
-- add a sample CGI HTML and image generation scripts that work together,
- with appropriate security management (done)
+For 0.65:
+
+PNG re-work (#29268)
+
+For 0.64: (speculative)
+
+thick lines (#28854)
+
+have alpha channel work treated as coverage for primitives (more
+general combine parameter)
+
+add some extra combine modes (hard/soft light, screen)
+
+For 0.63:
+
+general alpha channel fixes (#29879, etc) (done)
+
+give 4/2 channel images a background color when saving to pnm (#30074)
+(done)
+
+give 4/2 channel images a background color when saving to BMP (#30075)
+(done)
+
+give 4/2 channel images a background color when saving to JPEG
+(#29876)
+
+
+For 0.62:
+
+TIFF improvements (to be detailed) (#20329) (done)
+ - read/write 16-bit RGB w/ and w/o alpha
+ - read 16-bit CMYK w/ and w/o alpha
+ - read/write 32-bit RGB w/ and w/o alpha
+ - read 32-bit CMYK w/ and w/o alpha
+ - write mono images as bi-level
+ - read bi-level image as mono/paletted
+ - read/write 16/32 grayscale w/ and w/o alpha
+both contig and non-contiguous
+ - possible extra code for handling 8-bit CMYK (#29353)
+
+Makefile.PL --incpath and --libpath should expand ~/ paths (#29484)
+
+scaling alpha channel image issues (done)
+
+PBM images inverted (#30859) (might be fixed in TIFF branch) (was,
+added test, done)
+
+don't load B at compile-time in t82inline.t (#30508) (done)
+
+the hardinvert filter inverts the alpha channels, this probably isn't
+desirable (#30002) (done)
+
+"dh-make-perl --build --cpan Imager" fails on require Makefile.PL
+(#30520) (fixed)
+
+Wrong link in Imager Pod (#30889) (done)
+
+more diagnostics in 5/t57infix.t (fixed the problem)
+
+extract out the scale() scale factor calculations (done)
+
+For 0.61:
+
+regmach.c fixes/tests (#29296) (done)
+
+sample: scaling an animated gif (#27591) (done)
+
+transform2() docs (#29267) (done)
+
+i_gsamp() chan_count validation (#28985) (done)
+
+Imager::Font::Wrap doesn't correctly set savepos (#29771) (done)
+
+testdrive warnings (#29610) (done)
+
+Imager::Files still refers to rgb file type (#29354) (done)
+
+t/t01introvert test failure line 495 (#29413) (done)
+
+Imager::Expr::Infix problem (#29562) (done)
+
+CMYK alpha TIFF problems with old libtiff (#29353) (done)
+
+matrix_transform() should use fabs() instead of abs() range checking
+sz (#29936) (done)
+
+warning compiling datatypes.c on x64 (#30204) (done)
+
+dynfilt/t/t60dyntest.t relies on a file that may not exist (#30203)
+(done)
+
+Imager::Font::Wrap doesn't correctly set savepos (#29771) (done)
+
+For 0.60 (hopefully):
+
+RGB file support (#8666) (done)
+
+convert() doesn't preserve sample size (#28492) (done)
+
+be explicit that scale*() doesn't modify the source (#28570) (done)
+
+repeated text in Imager::Files (#27589) (done)
+
+error message when loading an unsupported font format is confusing (#27571) (done)
+
+enable transparency by default for gif (#27615) (done)
+
+Imager doesn't load on Windows 98 (#27653) (done)
+
+new color counting code (#28142) (done)
+
+sample: scaling an animated gif (#27591)
+
+test getcolorcount() (done)
+
+do a compiler warning clean up run (done)
+
+change the ico/cur reader to apply the mask as an alpha channel by
+default (#29001) (done)
+
+For 0.58:
+
+rgb.txt search (and testing) (#26064) (done)
+
+guassian blur radius (#25645) (done)
+
+text rendering FT1 (#11972) (done)
+
+text rendering T1 (#11972) (done)
+
+For 0.57
+
+BMP security fix only
+
+For 0.56:
+
+checking testing of new ft2 rendering (done)
+
+possibly: use renderer on other fonts
+
+check testing of new ppm input (done)
+
+check testing of new ppm output (done)
+
+check lbr's font output issue (done)
+
+tests for monochrome makemap (done)
+
+correct handling of old Data::Dumper (#24391) (done)
+
+fix unsharpmask documentation (#25531) (done)
+
+work around compiler bug on OS X (#25561) (done)
+
+BEFORE 0.54
+
+OO interface for i_plin/i_glin (done)
+
+remove gif query from makefile.pl (done)
+
+fallback for read/write_multi to read/write
+
+pnmscale based alternative scale method (done)
+
+rubthrough 4 on 4 (done)
+
+replace dummy test script in dynfilt with a real one (done)
+
+BEFORE 0.50:
+
+skip t82inline.t tests if directory has spaces in name
+
+integrate pod coverage tests
+
+rework iolayers
+
+add .ico support
+
+note lack of IRC support
+
+document parseiptc()
+
+BEFORE 0.48:
+
+scale() fixes/docs, Imager::Transformations going over. (done)
+
+do some more malloc checks (done)
+
+scan $Config{libspath} for directories if we can. (done)
+
+0.47:
+
+- more documentation (and corresponding code cleanup)
+
+- external C API access
+
+- hooks for file reading/writing
+
+- hooks for font types
+
+- hooks for filters
+
+- hooks for fills
+
+- filter pre-processor for handling both image access methods
+
+- move existing loadable filters into separate sub-directories
+
+- write Imager::SDL
+
+- maybe Imager::Tk::Photo
+
+
+0.46: (September 2005)
+
+- check remaining memory allocation calls for integer overflows
+ http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=8213
+ - check *alloc() calls
+ - check llist_push() calls
+
+- fix Imager::Color warning when $ENV{HOME} isn't set from
+ _get_gimp_color() (done)
+ http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=13143
+
+- module version numbers (done)
+ http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=13047
-0.46: (june 2005)
- allow limits to be set on the size of an image read from a file. This is
to prevent an attacker supplying huge images that consume all of
- memory causing a denial of service attack.
-- add Imager::Tutorial (see Tk::UserGuide for a structure)
+ memory causing a denial of service attack. (done)
+
+- implement gsamp()/gsampf()/plin() etc methods for those low level image
+ interfaces which don't yet have methods. (done)
+ - code (done)
+ - test (done)
+ - document (done)
+
+- add Imager::Tutorial (see Tk::UserGuide for a structure) (done)
don't cover installation - belongs in README or INSTALL
it doesn't need to cover everything - read/write/create/simple drawing
and simple text - other stuff belongs in the cookbook or in sample code
+
+- rename lib/Imager/Cookbook.pm to lib/Imager/Cookbook.pod (done)
+
- add 5 more recipes to Imager::Cookbook
-- implement gsamp()/gsampf()/plin() etc methods for those low level image
- interfaces which don't yet have methods.
+
- implement i_incomplete for png and gif files.
+
- documentation audit, check:
- every method has at least one example, but if the method is complex
(like transform2, to_paletted, string() for example) it should include
a range of examples
- check each method description to ensure it's reasonably clear.
- check POD sections (SEE ALSO in particular)
-- rework handling of antialiasing against transparent images
+ - multiple examples for writing GIF images.
+ - name arguments and use those names in the documentation
+ http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/102434
+ (#1521, #5608, #8231, #11429, #13058(done))
+
+- have $img->read() act like ($img) = Imager->read_multi() on GIFs (done)
+
+- figure out what the nearest_color filter does, and document it
+
+- remove image.h dependency on t1lib.h (done)
+
+- make sure dynfilt/Makefile.PL gets the same includes that
+ Makefile.PL does.
+
+0.47:
+
+- rework handling of antialiasing and other transparency against
+ transparent images
+
+ Places to check:
+ - text AA rendering
+ - AA line drawing
+ - anything that uses combine (fills in particular)
+ - image scaling? and matrix_transform()'s interpolation
+ http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=11972
+
+0.48:
+
+- fill out handling of large sample (16/double per sample) images
+ - filters
+ - rendering:
+ - lines
+ - text
+ - boxes
+ - polygons
+ - engines
+ - matrix transform
+ - transform()
+ - transform2()
+ - files:
+ - png
+ - tiff
+ - pnm
Speculation
-----------
New Features:
- Add mng support, pcx and aalib support.
- - Windows icon files (.ico)
+ - Windows icon files (.ico) (done)
- ILBM (Amiga) images
- photoshop files (I think I've seen docs)
- XBM
(or even from an existing bold or slanted font)
- utf8 support for text output
- (available for FT1, freetype2, should be easy for Win32)
+ (available for FT1, freetype2, T1, Win32)
- easy interfaces for text output:
- align text around point, including:
- arc outlines
+- filled/outlined ellipses and elliptical arcs
+
+ Complexities include:
+
+ a) when drawing a pie segment, are the angles specified the real
+ angles (since the scaling changes the angles if you just use sin() and
+ cos() directly) or the angle before scaling? I can see cases where
+ both are useful.
+
+ b) can you control the angles of the axes of symmetry? (the axes would
+ remain at right angles to each other) Does this change the effect of
+ the d1 and d2 parameters?
+
- complex lines/curves:
- thick lines:
- dotted/dashed lines
- provide patches for libgif and libungif that fix their bugs
and give a useful extension interface. Probe for the
installation of the patches in Makefile.PL to let gif.c
- know what features it can use.
+ know what features it can use. (no need anymore)
- Add options for pnm writer to save in any of the p1..P6
formats. Even if the input has 1 channel, write 3 and such
- read more metadata from images, esp tiff tags, EXIF format information
from TIFF and JPEG.
-- handle 16-bit/sample pgm/ppm files
+- handle 16-bit/sample pgm/ppm files (done)
- "jpeg lossless rotation" - directly manipulates the JPEG
representation to rotate, scale or in some limited cases, crop an
- check quant code for integer overflows - done
- check for old URLs (umich and imager.perl.org/~addi/...) - done
+0.45: (march 2005?)
+- resolve fills test failure under 5.8.6/darwin
+ http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/202802
+ add tests to check if the same problem occurs with other ?: operators
+- stop tga_header_verify() from spewing junk to stdout (done)
+- fix i_setcolors_p bug (done)
+- audit pnm.c (done)
+- audit tga.c (done)
+- audit rgb.c and add tests
+- add META.yml (bypass EU::MM's limited mechanism) (done)
+- implement i_incomplete for bmp files
+- check if freetype 2 is faster/slower than freetype 1 with Imager's glyph
+ caching. If FT1 is faster, add caching as a TODO for FT2.
+- add XS for i_tags_get_string() and test it. It has an apparent problem
+ in C<< sprintf(value, "%d", entry->data); >> since data is a pointer
+ (done)
+- test and fix problem with fallback value for
+ Imager::Font::BBox->advance_width. (done)
+- check handling of string() method align parameter. (done, fixed)
+- i_tt_bbox_inst in font.c uses variable i without ever setting it. (fixed)
+- add sample CGI that handles an uploaded image (done)
+- examples for fountain filter in Imager::Filters (done)
+- allow Imager::Fountain to take color descriptions (eg. blue, FF000)
+ instead of color objects for c0 and c1 (done)
+- support newer GIMP gradient files with the Name line (done)
+- provide access to right-side bearing information from the bounding box
+ function (done for all drivers)
+- capture TIFF read warnings (i_warnings tag?) (done)
+- Imager::Matrix2d rotate method only applies offset if both x and y
+ are non-zero, it should do it if either is non-zero (done)
+- add Imager::Cookbook with at least 5 recipes (done)
+- store floating point tags in an appropriate precision (done)
+- allow image creation to fail on malloc() failure for the image data
+ rather than aborting. The current behaviour could be a denial of
+ service attack. This has limited utility because of the way memory
+ over commitment works on Linux (done but reverted)
+- eliminate unused variable warning (especially the RETVAL ones in Imager.xs)
+ (done)
+- handle probing for libraries better (use pkg-config or I<library>-config
+ where possible (freetype2 and libpng)) (done)
+- add concept index to Imager.pm pod (done, still working it)
+- replace testimg/penguin-base.ppm with a smaller image (done)
+- add a sample CGI HTML and image generation scripts that work together,
+ with appropriate security management (done)
+