Bug#612341: RFP: libjpeg-turbo -- an accelerated libjpeg library

[Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : libjpeg-turbo
  Version         : 1.0.90
  Upstream Author : Name <somebody@example.org>
* URL             : http://libjpeg-turbo.virtualgl.org/
* License         : wxWindows Library License 3.1/LGPL/BSD
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : an accelerated alternate libjpeg library

"libjpeg-turbo is a derivative of libjpeg for x86 and x86-64 processors which
uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, etc.) to accelerate baseline JPEG
compression and decompression. libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as the
unmodified version of libjpeg v6b, all else being equal."


it claims API/ABI compatibility with libjpeg, so may very well be able to be a
drop-in libjpeg replacement.


libjpeg-turbo seems to be actively developed (svn commits within the last 24
hours and a pre-release within the last month). Fedora 14 has also included
libjpeg-turbo, so it's in use by another major distribution:

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/libjpeg-turbo


i might be able to help with the initial packaging, but am not really able to
commit to long-term package maintenance, hence the RFP.


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