libjpeg vs. libjpeg-turbo

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 24, 2015, at 10:14 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

> I suppose I should have said that *my* interest in this discussion is
> about maintenance and not performance. But better performance would
> definitely be a plus.
> 
> And from a maintenance perspective, libjpeg-turbo looks like a clear
> win.
> 
> - libjpeg-turbo upstream seems to care about maintaining compatibility
>  while making meaningful improvements.
> - libjpeg upstream seems to be willing to break compatibility
>  frequently, for the sake of making changes of questionable utility.
> 
> The former could get us better performance and improved stability. To
> ensure that stability with the latter, we'd have to freeze it at an old
> version forever.

Ok yes I agree with all that.