Graphics Library for D

[finalpatch]

On Wednesday, 8 January 2014 at 18:49:58 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
>>
>> I think if you're willing to use version 2.4 then you get a 
>> much more permissive license, no? That's how I read 
>> http://www.antigrain.com/license/index.html anyway...
>
> Right, it will just force us to become responsible for 
> maintaining our own fork of AGG. I'm not sure we should get 
> into that business.

The development of AGG has pretty much stopped after the original 
author released 2.4.  The 2.5 is no more than just a license 
change (I remember I have compared the files).

The fork on SourceForge, although considered maintained, it 
contains only a few small changes. Right now the revision number 
of that repo is only about 90, and there isn't much happening in 
the repo over the years. I think if we pick up the 2.4 version, 
convert it to idiomatic D, it would be very good showcase of D's 
template capability.

The thing I like about AGG is that it is very portable (I have 
ported it to embedded micro controllers in a matter of minutes). 
That is because all it requires is just a pixel buffer and a C++ 
compiler.  It is also very fast for a high quality software 
renderer, so if extreme performance is not high on your priority 
list, AGG is a very good fit for you needs. And also because it's 
a pure software renderer that works on pixel buffers, it's a good 
candidate to be included in Phobos.