Ah yes, openCV at one time made ImageMagick easier to use, and could be compiled in C. There were even projects focused on transparent fpga hardware acceleration for video streams.
Now, it is a C++ dependency nightmare with conflicting documentation of basic data structures, version specific bugs, and hidden impossible-to-license patents.
It is a cautionary tale of allowing a Second-system effect to twist a project into a set of use-cases for a smaller subset of users.
The core issue was not major version releases, but constant breaking library changes in sub dot version releases. Thus, they turned most of the user-base into full time Beta testers.
They should have forked the library at 4, but knew no one would change what already worked. =)
Now, it is a C++ dependency nightmare with conflicting documentation of basic data structures, version specific bugs, and hidden impossible-to-license patents.
It is a cautionary tale of allowing a Second-system effect to twist a project into a set of use-cases for a smaller subset of users.
The core issue was not major version releases, but constant breaking library changes in sub dot version releases. Thus, they turned most of the user-base into full time Beta testers.
They should have forked the library at 4, but knew no one would change what already worked. =)