#42917: py-pil: conflicts with py-Pillow -----------------------+------------------- Reporter: devans@… | Owner: jmr@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: py-pil | -----------------------+------------------- Comment (by devans@…): Replying to [comment:1 stromnov@…]:
Yes, Pillow is a fork of PIL, which incorporates some long awaited patches and supports py3k. (Actually, PIL 1.1.7 was released more than 4 years ago).
PIL and Pillow use the same Python namespace 'PIL', so those packages can't be both installed at the same time.
Also, Pillow is not 100%-compatible drop-in for PIL:
PIL allows: {{{ #!python import Image # old style ... from PIL import Image ... import PIL.Image }}} while Pillow don't support first variant, and some outdated packages, which depends on old PIL style, will require some patching.
Thanks for the clear explanation. I take it then that Pillow is the recommended choice for new development or is that a political statement? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/42917#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X