Re: [michael-impl] FW: Test release of the complet platform

[Henk M. <Hen...@KB...>]

Martin
Thnx for your fast answering
=20
> No, I am still working on it. I am very confident to finish oth
tonight.
> I will use Sourceforge Subversion's services instead of CVS. As soon
as
> it is ready, I'll send details.

I'll wait for it, then.

> > In the installation pdf Martin mentions ImageMagick. This OpenSource
> > image manipulating package seems to be needed for on the fly
resizing of
> > example images.
>=20
> You can do it other ways, but the module can provide this service
using
> ImageMagick, yes.
>=20
> > But apart from the necessity to put the path of the app
> > in the sitemap1.xmap there is not much info. Imagemagick comes in
> > various OS-flavours and is available in binaries (UNIX, Mac OSX,
Win)
> > and in sourcecode for stallation (UNIX, Win). Should I use the
> > win-binary or the win-sourcecode distribution?
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> Well, this is your decision. Why should I document this? I've never
> bothered to compile ImageMaigck on Windows, the binaries work just
fine.

This is exactly one of the things I wanted to know. And it is not a
question of documenting a package you didn't build. But one or two
remarks on what (and how) ImageMagick is used in the MPF publication
module could clarify a lot of things, but I assume I'll find this in the
documentation.=20
And it is not that I don't trust open source binaries, but more having
to explain things to our ICT management as the KB software policy is
very strict and allows only for approved packages. And approval is what
I'll have to get from them. =20

> > Has anyone done (trial) installation yet? Does the publication
module
> > work without this app and without using example thumbnail images?
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> Yes. as a matter of fact, the current module doesn't use the resizing
> feature.

Then I'm very curious what it is used for. On the fly resizing is a way
of reducing the number of images, for only the full size image would
have to be stored in a dir. But if it is not used for resizing, then
thumbnails and full size images exist side by side and they could be
retrieved using a query URL. Bu I'll wait for you finishing the
documentation.

Je vous remercie.
Et mes salutations cordiales

Henk