Any plans to retire Exifer 1.6?

Serge D

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 15:02

As it seems Exifer 1.6 is used currently (http://www.jakeo.com/software/exif/)
Since project has been abandoned is there a plan to replace it with something else?

Do you think there is still need for the library or regular exif_read_data() could be used?

exif_read_data()
Imagick::getImageProperty
Imagick::getImageProperties
Imagick::setImageProperty

floridave

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 17:11

Development has continued with the Exifer library by the guys over at zenphoto.org. We have have given them patches to fix bugs with the library so we are collaborating on it.
Here is an example of some fixes:
Fixes for #1117, #1118. Thanks to bharat and the Gallery team

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Serge D

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 18:47

Yes, I have noticed that 1.6 is higher then original 1.5.
What wories me is that none of the links to the source from the site mentioned are operational at the moment.
Aside from the note that some PHP installations do not support Exif by default, which is not a case for me, is there bigger reasons why default PHP functionality is not enough to work with EXIF data?

floridave

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 18:58

I suspect that the links are a administrative issue with the folks at zenphoto. Try:
http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/browser/trunk/zp-core/exif

I bet that exifer has better recent support than PHP native support and can be added at runtime and is not required during php installation.
Got a better portable library in mind?

Dave
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Serge D

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 19:44

Quote:

I suspect that the links are a administrative issue with the folks at zenphoto. Try:
http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/browser/trunk/zp-core/exif

Thanks, will keep for reference

Quote:

I bet that exifer has better recent support than PHP native support.
Can be added at runtime and is not required during php installation

Depend on how much was done to the code from originals - Since Feb 18, 2005 Exifixer 1.5 accordingly to the http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/log/trunk/zp-core/exif/exif.php?rev=4023 ~15 changes. Looks very stable.
So it is about runtime support then.

Quote:

Got a better portable library in mind?

I do not know if it is better: http://pel.sourceforge.net/, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pel/ , but it has R/W access to data if necesary, class based, PHP 5 but may have the same problem with future maintenance.

floridave

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Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 20:23

Quote:

but may have the same problem with future maintenance.

probably right, since the last update was; December 19, 2006.

Dave
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bharat

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Posted: Sun, 2009-06-28 04:01

What we have now works, so I'm not inclined to do a lot of work to replace it. If you've got something you know is better let me know, but unless somebody steps up to write the code, replacing what we have now is a low priority.
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Serge D

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Posted: Sun, 2009-06-28 16:03

No problem

Serge D Joined: 2009-06-11 Posts: 2466	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 15:02
	As it seems Exifer 1.6 is used currently (http://www.jakeo.com/software/exif/) Since project has been abandoned is there a plan to replace it with something else? Do you think there is still need for the library or regular exif_read_data() could be used? exif_read_data() Imagick::getImageProperty Imagick::getImageProperties Imagick::setImageProperty
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floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 17:11
	Development has continued with the Exifer library by the guys over at zenphoto.org. We have have given them patches to fix bugs with the library so we are collaborating on it. Here is an example of some fixes: Fixes for #1117, #1118. Thanks to bharat and the Gallery team Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

Serge D Joined: 2009-06-11 Posts: 2466	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 18:47
	Yes, I have noticed that 1.6 is higher then original 1.5. What wories me is that none of the links to the source from the site mentioned are operational at the moment. Aside from the note that some PHP installations do not support Exif by default, which is not a case for me, is there bigger reasons why default PHP functionality is not enough to work with EXIF data?

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 18:58
	I suspect that the links are a administrative issue with the folks at zenphoto. Try: http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/browser/trunk/zp-core/exif I bet that exifer has better recent support than PHP native support and can be added at runtime and is not required during php installation. Got a better portable library in mind? Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

Serge D Joined: 2009-06-11 Posts: 2466	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 19:44
	Quote: I suspect that the links are a administrative issue with the folks at zenphoto. Try: http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/browser/trunk/zp-core/exif Thanks, will keep for reference Quote: I bet that exifer has better recent support than PHP native support. Can be added at runtime and is not required during php installation Depend on how much was done to the code from originals - Since Feb 18, 2005 Exifixer 1.5 accordingly to the http://www.zenphoto.org/trac/log/trunk/zp-core/exif/exif.php?rev=4023 ~15 changes. Looks very stable. So it is about runtime support then. Quote: Got a better portable library in mind? I do not know if it is better: http://pel.sourceforge.net/, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pel/ , but it has R/W access to data if necesary, class based, PHP 5 but may have the same problem with future maintenance.

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Thu, 2009-06-25 20:23
	Quote: but may have the same problem with future maintenance. probably right, since the last update was; December 19, 2006. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Sun, 2009-06-28 04:01
	What we have now works, so I'm not inclined to do a lot of work to replace it. If you've got something you know is better let me know, but unless somebody steps up to write the code, replacing what we have now is a low priority. --- Problems? Check gallery3/var/logs bugs/feature req's \| upgrade to the latest code \| use git \| help! vote!

Serge D Joined: 2009-06-11 Posts: 2466	Posted: Sun, 2009-06-28 16:03
	No problem

Any plans to retire Exifer 1.6?

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