Ship gdk-pixbuf loader

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On Linux systems, and particularly for applications that use the GTK+ stack to 
load images, a gdk-pixbuf loader is the way to extend support.

It would be useful for WebP to ship a gdk-pixbuf loader which would allow any 
GTK+ application to load WebP images.

David Mazary wrote such a loader, but we usually prefer libraries implementing 
new image formats to ship their own loader.

The code for the loader is available at:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670379

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hadessuk@googlemail.com on 21 Oct 2014 at 5:44

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I can't take full credit for this :)

The latest code is hosted at https://github.com/aruiz/webp-pixbuf-loader

Original comment by dmaz...@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2014 at 6:32

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> It would be useful for WebP to ship a gdk-pixbuf loader which would allow any
> GTK+ application to load WebP images.

Sounds good to me.

> David Mazary wrote such a loader, but we usually prefer libraries
> implementing new image formats to ship their own loader.

Who is 'we' in this context out of curiosity?

If there's an existing implementation which documents how to use/test the 
loader I'd prefer to send any changes that way and bless it rather than trying 
to reimplement something I don't have any familiarity with.

Original comment by jz...@google.com on 23 Oct 2014 at 3:06

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"We" in this case is "the gdk-pixbuf maintainers".

The code available on aruiz' github should be a good starting point. If you 
have any questions about gdk-pixbuf, aruiz and David know where to find us :)

Original comment by hadessuk@googlemail.com on 26 Oct 2014 at 11:19