MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer

[Walt Welton-Lair]

I said I'd write a quick RFC, and here it is.

Take a look at "RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer" and provide your feedback.

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc52

Thanks,
Walt

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[JasonBirch]

I guess we haven't seen any conversation on this yet...

I don't really see any real problems with this RFC.  AGG is generally
superior for visual quality (with some oddities), and it appears to be
similar for performance.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Welton-Lair
Subject: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer

I said I'd write a quick RFC, and here it is.

Take a look at "RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer" and provide your feedback.

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc52

Thanks,
Walt
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[Bruno Scott]

One good reason to keep supporting GD is the AGG Licensing.
Since version 2.5 Agg is under GNU GPL license, and it make things difficult when mapguide is bundeled with commercial application.

There is already the dbxml that is under GPL.
I think we should limit as possible GPL licensing in oem modules.

Bruno

[Walt Welton-Lair]

I think it makes sense to first fix the open ticket (which I haven't had time to work on since last week), and also look into some of the feedback on Zac's blog.  Once that's done I'll send out the RFC again, and by then it should be ready for a vote.

Walt

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From: mapguide-internals-bounces@... [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:51 PM
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Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer

I guess we haven't seen any conversation on this yet...

I don't really see any real problems with this RFC.  AGG is generally
superior for visual quality (with some oddities), and it appears to be
similar for performance.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Welton-Lair
Subject: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer

I said I'd write a quick RFC, and here it is.

Take a look at "RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer" and provide your feedback.

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc52

Thanks,
Walt
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[zspitzer]

I think this might fall in the same basket...

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/ticket/634

z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Walt Welton-Lair
<walt.welton-lair@...> wrote:

> I think it makes sense to first fix the open ticket (which I haven't had time to work on since last week), and also look into some of the feedback on Zac's blog.  Once that's done I'll send out the RFC again, and by then it should be ready for a vote.
>
> Walt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces@... [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:51 PM
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer
>
> I guess we haven't seen any conversation on this yet...
>
> I don't really see any real problems with this RFC.  AGG is generally
> superior for visual quality (with some oddities), and it appears to be
> similar for performance.
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Welton-Lair
> Subject: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer
>
> I said I'd write a quick RFC, and here it is.
>
> Take a look at "RFC 52 - Remove GD Renderer" and provide your feedback.
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc52
>
> Thanks,
> Walt
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