#19934: Switch to a Python 3-compatible imaging library
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Reporter: aaugustin | Owner:
Type: | daniellindsley
Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Python 3 | Version: master
Severity: Release blocker | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by daniellindsley):
My vote is +0 for deprecating the PIL (in that Pillow becomes the
"blessed" version), but I think detecting which is installed & using shims
to gloss what little Django uses of either is a very doable task. By my
count, the PIL/_imaging is only used in 4 files in Django (plus lots of
test files) & none of the usages are particularly advanced.
I'm also +0 on the error reporting shim, in that I think we need to be
able to inform the user that their install may be mis-configured. The
existing comment (& the detection going on) will have to change. Again,
I'm of the belief we can shim over that & have some ideas on detection.
The only thing I'd add to the plan you've laid out is """2.a.1) Create any
necessary shims to aid Django in detecting which, if any, are installed &
to aid in providing useful error messages about the installation."""
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