Re: imagemagick branch

[Stefan Monnier]

> Yes, the code could probably safely be added to trunk. Even if one
> activates imagemagick with "configure --with-imagemagick=yes"
> imagemagick wont kick in unless you execute (imagemagick-register-types)

I just took a quick look at the code and I see the following nits to fix:
- obviously a merge will have to come with a good ChangeLog.
- also the merge will need to come with documentation.  Maybe not in the
  Texinfo form yet, but at least in the etc/NEWS with enough info that
  describes the `scale' and other such arguments that someone can start
  using them.
- the README talks about naming inconsistencies, I think these should be
  fixed before a first commit (should be straightforward).
- the "let" in image.el should not be followed by a line break and the while
  should be replaced by a dolist.
- the prototype of imagemagick_load_image has some odd indentation in
  its args, not sure what happened.
- a few lines in the C code break the 80columns limit.
- please use ANSI style function declarations rather than K&R for new code.
- you can get rid of the prototypes by reordering the code.
- the docstrings in DEFUN should not be indented (they'll display
  weirdly otherwise in C-h f).
- Some "{" are at the end of a for/if rather than on their own line.
- why use "*( imtypes + i)" rather than "imtypes[i]"?
- some "," lack a space after them.
- several "=" and "==" lack spaces around them.

> Another question then, how do I merge best to trunk? I'm reading:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BzrForEmacsDevs#MergeToUpstream
> but it suggests removing my local branch after merging.

The branch's history is not really interesting it seems, so you might as
well do the first commit on trunk as a separate commit rather as a merge.

But if you prefer a merge, see Eli's answer.

> I would like to continue to add some more experimental functions to
> the branch, and later merge these to trunk. Would that also be ok?
> Or would it be better to create a new branch for this purpose?

No need for a new branch.


        Stefan