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The Future of Libjpeg-Turbo

by tehnicaorg on 1/10/21, 3:46 PM with 30 comments

• by ChrisMarshallNY on 1/10/21, 6:05 PM

  LibJPEG-Turbo is a really great library. We tested a number of them, and wound up using it. It has a good, commercial-friendly license, and screams like a bat out of hell.

  I no longer work for the company that would have used it, but I'd gently suggest that it would not be a good idea to let it die.

• by tonyhb on 1/11/21, 2:51 AM

  DRC is an absolute beast. I respect the author in every way - from his incredible work on LibJPEG-Turbo to his 5 year slog getting VirtualGL to work without an x-server (https://github.com/VirtualGL/virtualgl/issues/10).

  It's a shame he can't find support for this, because his projects truly are worth the effort for the niche they fill :(

• by turbouser on 1/10/21, 5:58 PM

  I would have a hard time convincing management to sponsor, but if there was an affordable support option, it would be easier.... We regularly pay 1k/year support for ‘mission critical’ systems.

• by tehnicaorg on 1/10/21, 3:49 PM

  A link to https://jpeg.rocks/ was posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25712301

  This is based on https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg, which is a patched version of https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo

• by _Microft on 1/10/21, 8:29 PM

  It feels like patio11‘s comment on donating vs. paying for open source software should be linked to from here:

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863939

• by kelnos on 1/10/21, 9:26 PM

  I would consider donating, but I'd frankly prefer to donate to tax-exempt orgs. That way I can donate more with the same effective "cost" to myself. I get that it's not trivial to set one of these up (especially for someone who is already in a funding deficit), but I think it would make donations a more attractive option for people.

  Additionally, the email talks about funding in hours of development work, but doesn't mention what each hour costs... would be helpful information to have in order to size a donation.

• by londons_explore on 1/11/21, 9:11 AM

  How much of a time saving is it for an open source project to stop writing code and simply switch to reviewing/accepting PR's from external contributors?

• by pabs3 on 1/11/21, 3:17 AM

  I wonder if RedHat or Mozilla would consider employing him?

• by mahmoudhossam on 1/10/21, 6:14 PM

  Can someone please change the title so it reflects the content?

  This is libjpeg-turbo needing funding, the current title is clickbaity