Bug#1003024: ITP: libimage-scale-perl -- fast, high-quality fixed-point image resizing

[Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : libimage-scale-perl
  Version         : 0.14
  Upstream Author : Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/Image-Scale
* License         : GPL2+
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : fast, high-quality fixed-point image resizing

Image::Scale implements several resizing algorithms with a focus on low
overhead, speed and minimal features. Algorithms available are:

GD's copyResampled (floating-point)

GD's copyResampled fixed-point (useful on embedded devices/NAS devices)

GraphicsMagick's assortment of resize filters (floating-point)

GraphicsMagick's Triangle filter in fixed-point

Supported image formats include JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP for input, and JPEG
and PNG for output.

This module came about because the need to improve the very slow
performance of floating-point resizing algorithms on platforms without
a floating-point unit, such as ARM devices like the SheevaPlug, and
the Sparc-based ReadyNAS Duo. Previously it would take many seconds to
resize using GD on the ReadyNAS but the conversion to fixed-point with
a little assembly code brings this down to the range of well under 1
second.

I intent to maintain this package under the Perl Team umbrella. This
package is a dependency of Logitech Squeezebox which I also ITP.