ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates thumbnails -- and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) For more information including build steps, see http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/
Changes:
1.1.3 / 2007-05-30
2 minor enhancements:
- Added quick_thumb as an example to look at.
- Error handler doesn't raise by default. Raises if $DEBUG==true.
Congratulations to this new release. I have one question. What did you do that it does not leak any memory? Our experiences are that Ruby (1.8.6) leaks lots of memory.
zdavatz, ruby 1.8.6 doesn't leak memory as far as I know. Bad code does, but not ruby. And as far as IS goes, it doesn't leak because it isn't bad code. I very carefully manage all the memory involved and ensure everything gets cleaned up properly.