Ruby Programming Language :: image_science 1.1.3 Released


	image_science 1.1.3 Released image_science version 1.1.3 has been released! * <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html> ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates thumbnails -- and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) For more information including build steps, see http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ Changes: ## 1.1.3 / 2007-05-30 * 2 minor enhancements: * Added quick_thumb as an example to look at. * Error handler doesn't raise by default. Raises if $DEBUG==true. * <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html> On May 30, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: > and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it > doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) The creator of this library disagrees, just FYI: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/a61984b06e70acea James Edward Gray II > On May 30, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: > > and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it doesn't leak > > memory like a sieve. :) > The creator of this library disagrees, just FYI: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/a61984b06e70acea For what it's worth, I run rmagick in a (lightly-used) production service on a win32 box and have had no problems, memory usage appears stable over time. I had actually considered image_science as an alternative, but given the lack of an image_science gem that doesn't depend on having a c compiler on the box (a relative rarety in the win32 world, sadly), it's not an option for me. - donald On May 30, 2007, at 16:58 , James Edward Gray II wrote: > On May 30, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: >> and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it >> doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) > The creator of this library disagrees, just FYI: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/a61984b06e70acea So? He and I disagree. Big deal. We've done it before [1], I'm sure we'll do it again. [1] http://blog.zenspider.com/archives/2006/04/its_the_process.html On May 30, 2007, at 17:13 , Ball, Donald A Jr (Library) wrote: > I had actually considered image_science as an > alternative, but given the lack of an image_science gem that doesn't > depend on having a c compiler on the box (a relative rarety in the > win32 > world, sadly), it's not an option for me. More FUD! How many times I've heard this crap I have no idea... We've been shipping inline with inline_package for over 2 years now. How long do you have to propagate this? On May 30, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: > On May 30, 2007, at 16:58 , James Edward Gray II wrote: >> On May 30, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: >>> and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it >>> doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) >> The creator of this library disagrees, just FYI: >> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/a61984b06e70acea > So? He and I disagree. Big deal. We've done it before [1], I'm sure > we'll do it again. > [1] http://blog.zenspider.com/archives/2006/04/its_the_process.html Well, I was thinking it might be worth it to submit bug reports to the tracker so he could fix them. I see from your article that you've had trouble with that in the past though. Fair enough. James Edward Gray II James Edward Gray II wrote: > On May 30, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: >> and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it >> doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) > The creator of this library disagrees, just FYI: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/a61984b06e70acea > James Edward Gray II Thanks for reposting my earlier request, James. I'll repeat it here for emphasis: As of this moment there are no open bug tracks for RMagick memory leaks on RubyForge. All the RMagick "leaks" I know about are addressed in this entry in the RMagick Hints & Tips forum: http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1374&forum_id=1618. If you know of a leak that isn't addressed by that tip, I'd love an opportunity to fix it. Would you mind sending me a script that reproduces the leak? I need a script with no extra gems or libraries, just Ruby and RMagick. No Rails, attachment_fu, file_column, gruff, scruffy, or whatever. Let me know what O/S you're on, what version of RMagick and ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick, and what version of Ruby. You can send it directly to me, post it here, or open a bug track on RubyForge. By the way, since I originally posted that request on the 17th I've had no new bug reports, so please, send 'em in. -- RMagick OS X Installer [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/] RMagick Hints & Tips [http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1618] RMagick Installation FAQ [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html] > On May 30, 2007, at 17:13 , Ball, Donald A Jr (Library) wrote: > > I had actually considered image_science as an alternative, > but given > > the lack of an image_science gem that doesn't depend on having a c > > compiler on the box (a relative rarety in the > > win32 > > world, sadly), it's not an option for me. > More FUD! How many times I've heard this crap I have no > idea... We've been shipping inline with inline_package for > over 2 years now. How long do you have to propagate this? Apologies for the misinformation. All I know is that on my win32 box, if I gem install image_science and all its dependencies, On Jun 1, 2007, at 00:30 , James Herdman wrote: > Have you guys had problems deploying Rails apps with ImageScience and > Mongrel? I tend to get strange errors about RubyInline not having > access to > the home directory. Similar to the problem described here ( > http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/109129), but with this fix not > quite being > 100% effective. That's the first I've heard of for mongrel. I just dealt with something similar on apache and blogged my fix for that. I rejected a bug yesterday for a similar sounding Locomotive bug but the reporter couldn't and wouldn't provide a reproducible test case (besides an entire rails app + downloading locomotive (46m) etc etc). No clue if that is related or not as he just couldn't get any clarity on the issue. So, try my blog. Let me know if that works for you. P.S. Setting HOME is not the answer. Set INLINEDIR instead. Could I get some help setting up image_science in my win32 environment? I've never worked with RubyInline and I think that's where I'm getting stuck. I have both Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 installed. So far, I've gotten: gem install -y image_science irb irb(main):001:0> require 'image_science' cl : Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '-lfreeimage' cl : Command line warning D4002 : ignoring unknown option '-lstdc++' CompilationError: error executing cl -nologo -LD -MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 -I C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32 -I C:/tools/ruby/include -o "C:\Documents and Settings\HC/.ruby_inline/Inline_ImageSci ence_aa58.so" "C:/Documents and Settings/HC/.ruby_inline/Inline_ImageScience_aa58.c" -lfreeimage -lstdc++ -link /LIBPATH:"C:/tools/ruby/lib" /DEFAULTLIB:"msvcrt-ruby18.lib" /INCREMENTAL:no /EXPORT:Init _Inline_ImageScience_aa58: 512 Renamed C:\Documents and Settings\HC/.ruby_inline/Inline_ImageScience_aa58.c to C:\Documents and Settings\HC/.ruby_inline/Inline_ImageScience_aa58.c.bad from C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RubyInline-3.6.3/lib/inline.rb:391:in `build' from C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RubyInline-3.6.3/lib/inline.rb:660:in `inline' from C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/image_science-1.1.3/lib/image_science. rb:84 from C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in `gem_original_require' from C:/tools/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in `require' from (irb):1 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.