[dev] Horde_Image / polaroid-like stack

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>>> I don't think that there should be a Horde_Image::thumbnailStack
>>> method; that seems much too specialized to be part of the Horde_Image
>>> api. If you can break down the necessary operations into generic
>>> Horde_Image::* calls, then you could create a separate object - either
>>> a Horde_Image_Decorator, or some other composite - that made it work.
>>
>> I don't agree. While this is indeed a very specialized thing, I don't
>> see why this shouldn't be made available globally. People can have
>> other uses for that than Ansel. And contributing this back as some
>> packaged code for imagick users is a nice bonus.
>
> I didn't say it should only be in Ansel, and I don't think so. I just
> think that this is the sort of thing if we put it right into the
> Horde_Image:: api it results in an unmanageable API. That's why I
> think it should be in a Decorator or Plugin or something - provided
> with Horde_Image, packaged, but not on the same level as line(),
> text(), etc...

Ah, okay, I misunderstood you. That makes sense.

Jan.

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