[Boost-announce] Formal Review of IO and Toolbox extensions to Boost.GIL ends TOMORROW

Subject: [Boost-announce] Formal Review of IO and Toolbox extensions to Boost.GIL ends TOMORROW
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-15 19:20:23

Folks,

According to the extended schedule and to my UTC-based watch,
we have literally two days to complete the review.

Best regards,
Mateusz

On 09/12/10 22:26, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Today, I announced we are close to the end of the review:
>
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-announce/2010/12/0275.php
>
> Later on, Christian asked for extension of the review.
> The Review Wizards agreed and suggested to extend the review until
>
>    Friday, December 17th, 2010
>
> So, I'm happy to announce that the new cut-off date of the reviews
> submission is December 17th. Let's say Midnight, UTC Time.
>
> Thanks to all reviewers who submitted their comments, to the Review
> Wizards for the extension and we are hoping to receive more
> feedback from the reviewers.
>
>
> Mateusz
>   Review Manager for the proposed Boost.GIL.IO and
>     Boost.GIL.Toolbox extensions
>
>
> On 09/12/10 11:37, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The formal review of the IO and Toolbox extensions terminates
>> tomorrow. I'd like to set the cut-off time at Midnight on Saturday,
>> 11 December 2010, UTC Time
>>
>>
>
(http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=11&month=12&year=2010&hour=0&min=0&sec=0)
>>
>>
>> I think we have been doing well and received decent amount of
>> feedback. However, anyone feels there is a need for extension,
>> please let me know as soon as possible, so I will have time to
>> negotiate it with the Review Wizards.
>>
>> Mateusz Review Manager for the proposed Boost.GIL.IO and
>> Boost.GIL.Toolbox extensions
>>
>>
>> On 30/11/10 18:01, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> According to the Boost Formal Review Schedule [1], review of
>>> Christian Henning's extensions to the Boost Generic Image Library
>>> (Boost.GIL, [2]), it is: * Boost.GIL.IO * Boost.GIL.Toolbox starts
>>> on December 1st and lasts until December 10th, 2010.
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.boost.org/community/review_schedule.html [2]
>>> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/gil/doc/index.html
>>>
>>> =========== What is it? ===========
>>>
>>> The Boost.GIL.IO extension provides an easy to use interface for
>>> reading and writing various image formats. It also includes a
>>> framework for adding new formats. The Boost.GIL.IO is indent to
>>> replace the current IO extension which is part of Boost for
>>> several years now.
>>>
>>> Features:
>>>
>>> * A unified way to read and write image encoded in BMP, JPEG, PNG,
>>> PNM, and TIFF formats. The capabilities to read and write in
>>> various formats have improved dramatically.
>>>
>>> * Image data can be provided via standard file or string streams
>>>
>>> The Boost.GIL.Toolbox provides new color spaces and other small
>>> code to ease programming with Boost.GIL.
>>>
>>> Features:
>>>
>>> * Implementation of color spaces: Gray_Alpha, HSL, HSV, LAB, and
>>> XYZ * Utilities to support dynamic image workflows and color
>>> conversions. * Collection of metafunctions to determine alignment,
>>> similarity and homogeneity at pixel level.
>>>
>>> The Boost.GIL as well as the proposed extensions are provided in
>>> form of a headers-only library Although, some image formats come
>>> with their format dependency, it is corresponding third-party
>>> libraries:
>>>
>>> JPEG - libjpeg PNG - libpng TIFF - libtiff
>>>
>>> =================== Getting the library ===================
>>>
>>> The latest version of both extensions can be downloaded as Zip
>>> package:
>>>
>>> http://gil-contributions.googlecode.com/files/boost_review.zip
>>>
>>> or directly from the Subversion repository:
>>>
>>> http://code.google.com/p/gil-contributions/source/browse/trunk/gil_2/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> and the docs can built as usual with bjam and quickbook tools
>>> from within libs/gil/io_new/doc directory
>>>
>>> The libs/gil/io_new/test/readme.txt provides a step by step guide
>>> to configuring, building and running the unit tests.
>>>
>>> The boost_review.zip is about 20MB due to its extensive collection
>>> of test images. They are part of the test suite to make sure that
>>> different variations of each image format is read and written
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> Please, be aware no guarantee can be given that all formats in
>>> their all variants are completely supported.
>>>
>>> ================ Writing a review ================
>>>
>>> If you feel the new IO and Toolbox are interesting extensions to
>>> the Boost.GIL library, then please submit your review to the
>>> developer list (preferably), or to the review manager (mateusz at
>>> loskot dot _n_e_t_)
>>>
>>> Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:
>>>
>>> - What is your evaluation of the design? - What is your evaluation
>>> of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the
>>> documentation? - What is your evaluation of the potential
>>> usefulness of the extensions? - Did you try to use the extensions?
>>> With what compiler? Did you have any problems? - How much effort
>>> did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick - reading?
>>> In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?
>>>
>>> And finally, every review should answer this question:
>>>
>>> - Do you think the extensions should be accepted as a part of
>>> Boost.GIL library?
>>>
>>> Be sure to say this explicitly so that your other comments don't
>>> obscure your overall opinion.
>>>
>>> Mateusz Review Manager for the proposed Boost.GIL.IO and
>>> Boost.GIL.Toolbox extensions
>>
>>
>
>

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