[Interest] libjpeg vs. libjpeg-turbo/mozjpeg

[Allan Sandfeld Jensen]

On Saturday 23 May 2015, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Since Qt depends on libjpeg I thought I'd ask what experience members on
> here have in using one of the (supposedly?) ABI compatible alternatives,
> libjpeg-turbo or mozjpeg. There is discussion within MacPorts to replace
> libjpeg with one of those alternatives, and force all ports to comply
> (which would affect Qt if MacPorts is still used "stock" in preparing the
> binary installation packages for OS X). This venture is complicated by the
> fact that libjpeg has been at version 9 for a while now, which is *not*
> ABI compatible with the alternatives.
> 
On some Linux distros libjpeg-turbo is installed as the default libjpeg, and 
Qt automatically links to that. I have not heard of any issues with that.

Regards
`Allan