Pillow/docs/about.rst

About
=====

Goals
-----

The fork author's goal is to foster and support active development of PIL through:

- Continuous integration testing via `GitHub Actions`_ and `AppVeyor`_
- Publicized development activity on `GitHub`_
- Regular releases to the `Python Package Index`_

.. _GitHub Actions: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/actions
.. _AppVeyor: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Python-pillow/pillow
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
.. _Python Package Index: https://pypi.org/project/pillow/

License
-------

Like PIL, Pillow is `licensed under the open source HPND License <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-pillow/Pillow/main/LICENSE>`_

Why a fork?
-----------

PIL is not setuptools compatible. Please see `this Image-SIG post`_ for a more detailed explanation. Also, PIL's current bi-yearly (or greater) release schedule is too infrequent to accommodate the large number and frequency of issues reported.

.. _this Image-SIG post: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/image-sig/2010-August/006480.html

What about PIL?
---------------

.. note::

    Prior to Pillow 2.0.0, very few image code changes were made. Pillow 2.0.0
    added Python 3 support and includes many bug fixes from many contributors.

As more time passes since the last PIL release (1.1.7 in 2009), the likelihood of a new PIL release decreases. However, we've yet to hear an official "PIL is dead" announcement.
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			`Goals`
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Wording [ci skip] 2014-02-20 03:39:20 +04:00			`License`
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			`-----------`

Wording [ci skip] 2015-04-04 15:41:03 +03:00			PIL is not setuptools compatible. Please see `this Image-SIG post`_ for a more detailed explanation. Also, PIL's current bi-yearly (or greater) release schedule is too infrequent to accommodate the large number and frequency of issues reported.
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			`.. _this Image-SIG post: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/image-sig/2010-August/006480.html`

Wording [ci skip] 2014-02-20 03:39:20 +04:00			`What about PIL?`
			`---------------`
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			`.. note::`

			`Prior to Pillow 2.0.0, very few image code changes were made. Pillow 2.0.0`
			`added Python 3 support and includes many bug fixes from many contributors.`

Without the Bitbucket repo, there is no place for PIL issues [ci skip] 2020-09-01 14:36:57 +03:00			`As more time passes since the last PIL release (1.1.7 in 2009), the likelihood of a new PIL release decreases. However, we've yet to hear an official "PIL is dead" announcement.`