[ptx] What does PTmender mean to hugin?

[Ippei UKAI]

Hi,

I'm wondering where PTmender is going, and how hugin is going to  
support it.

My thoughts are:

1. If it's gonna be just a perfectly compatible open-source version  
of PTstitcher, then we can just change wherever says "PTstitcher" to  
"PTstitcher compatible" on hugin.

2. If it's gonna be a yet another stitcher, we should make one more  
stitcher selection in the stitching panel along with nona and  
PTstitcher.

3. If it's merely a command line interface to an open-source library  
that is capable of stitching photos, hugin should use it directly  
instead of through command line program for the sake of stability.


It looks like we are taking the option 1 for the moment, if I  
understand the situation correctly.

I'm kind of confused because PTmender is developed under the panolib  
package on panotools project. Does that mean its functionality is  
more of panolib than the command line program itself? Then I think  
hugin should use the same functionality directly.

If not, shouldn't PTmender consist of the core library that hugin can  
link against and command tool wrapper that keeps compatibility with  
PTstitcher? I think there is no point developing an open-source  
command line tool only to parse the output in order to make its GUI  
wrapper. I remember after all we abandoned PTOptimiser in favour of  
directly using the same functionality of panolib from hugin itself.


Cheers,
Ippei

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