From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-05-18T07:29:02+09:00
Subject: Re: what's the most common library for Ruby image processing?

Clifford Heath wrote:
> Without having ever played with IS, it could be because RMagick
> leaks memory so badly as to make it unusable for a wide variety
> of applications. That's my experience anyhow. I believe that
> ImageMagick doesn't have the same problem, but I haven't tested
> that.
As of this moment there are no open bug tracks for RMagick memory leaks 
on RubyForge. All the RMagick "leaks" I know about are addressed in this 
entry in the RMagick Hints & Tips forum: 
http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1374&forum_id=1618.

If you know of a leak that isn't addressed by that tip, I'd love an 
opportunity to fix it. Would you mind sending me a script that 
reproduces the leak? I need a script with no extra gems or libraries, 
just Ruby and RMagick. No Rails, attachment_fu, file_column, gruff, 
scruffy, or whatever. Let me know what O/S you're on, what version of 
RMagick and ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick, and what version of Ruby. You 
can send it directly to me, post it here, or open a bug track on RubyForge.

Thanks very much!

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