Open benmccann opened 1 year ago
Arch maintainers made the following list to track what needs to be recompiled against 0.28.0, maybe this will be helpful for those who want to know what uses exiv2?
@benmccann
List major users of exiv2 It will help developers decide whether to use exiv2 or another library. And it's fulfilling to see the major users of exiv2 :smile:
There are some projects mentioned on https://exiv2.org/index.html but the list is incomplete. I agree with you though, adding a more extensive list would increase awareness of Exiv2 and help bring the project to wider use. This would then hopefully bring new contributors to the library.
One solution to your problem would be to create an Exiv2 Wikipedia page and store the list there. Wikipedia is one of the first places people search for information and is highly ranked in search engines. Linking other Wikipedia pages to the Exiv2 one would also help people to discover the library.
Someone could then add a link to the new Wikipedia page from exiv2.org, README.md, Exiv2 Wiki and any official social media profile.
This is only an idea, I don't have any plans to work on this.
Arch maintainers made the following list to track what needs to be recompiled against 0.28.0, maybe this will be helpful for those who want to know what uses exiv2?
Pretty similar look on Ubuntu side:
# apt-cache rdepends libexiv2-27
libexiv2-27
Reverse Depends:
krename
viewnior
siril
qimgv
python3-py3exiv2
pinot
pineapple-pictures
phototonic
photoqt
photoflow
pdf2djvu
nomacs
merkaartor
libqgis-core3.22.4
libkf5kexiv2-15.0.0
libkf5filemetadata-bin
libextractor-plugin-exiv2
krita
geeqie
kphotoalbum
hdrmerge
gwenview
gthumb
gpscorrelate-gui
gpscorrelate
gnome-commander
gimp-lensfun
gerbera
libgexiv2-2
ffdiaporama
exiv2
digikam-private-libs
darktable
libexiv2-dev
libexiv2-dev
libexiv2-dev
# apt-cache rdepends libgexiv2-2
libgexiv2-2
Reverse Depends:
gimp
nautilus
shotwell
nautilus
viking
libgimp2.0
gnome-photos
tracker-extract
entangle
shotwell
nautilus
gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10
# apt-cache rdepends libkf5kexiv2-15.0.0
libkf5kexiv2-15.0.0
Reverse Depends:
kdegraphics-thumbnailers
okular
etc... Maybe something else on github as well: https://github.com/search?q=find_package%28exiv2&type=code
Is your feature request related to a problem?
It will help developers decide whether to use exiv2 or another library. And it's fulfilling to see the major users of exiv2 :smile:
It will also help maintainers of exiv2 notify consuming packages of the availability of new versions of exiv2. E.g. here's a patch for gthumb that they put together and merged after I let them know about 0.28.0
Describe the solution you would like
It'd be nice to list some major users of exiv2. Ones I'm aware of: gthumb, digikam, synology photos
Describe alternatives you have considered
Could list either on the readme or exiv2.org