[FEATURE REQUEST] pip install OpenImageIO

[c0ffymachyne]

Hi,

Please automate and unify python builds and make it available via pip install OpenImageIO
Exemplary project providing build for all possible python versions under releases: https://github.com/isl-org/Open3D/releases/tag/v0.14.1

[lgritz]

This would be a great thing. But it's well outside my expertise, so what I really need is for somebody who has more Python ecosystem knowledge, preferably somebody who has done this exact thing on another project, to step forward and take the lead on this task. I think that this has recently been done on both OpenColorIO and OpenTimelineIO, so maybe there is somebody who both works on those projects and OIIO and would like to give this a try and can do it efficiently since they already know how it works?

[ddesmond]

upvote on this one!

[swc-jesse]

Please! It's sooo complicated to get oiio working with Python in Windows, especially for casual Python users. Just spent an entire day figuring it out (including little idiosyncrasies like making sure it builds with ocio) via Microsoft vcpkg - and even them I'm stuck with Python 3.10 and have no idea how to build it for 3.9. Anyone??

[JeanChristopheMorinPerso]

I'm currently working on that. I have fully static builds working on Linux and Windows. I haven't started macOS yet.

I'm aiming for having a library that comes with most plugins. The only excluded plugins are OpenVDB, R3D, Nuke, DCMTK, OpenCV and the iv command.

[JeanChristopheMorinPerso]

Oh, and I'll need testers eventually. If you (or someone you know) are interested, please let me know and also tell which platform and architecture you would like to test on.

Thanks!

[ddesmond]

I can test on mac, windows and centos 7.

[howieyoo]

willing to test on ubuntu 20.04 x86_64

[stereorobin]

This would be a really big help, especially for pure python developers (or tech-artists).
I've spent a good part of my day trying to get the python bindings to work on windows through vcpkg, and I seem to come across a lot of old threads where others face the same issue.

[ddesmond]

@JeanChristopheMorinPerso pinging - any updates on this? can we help you test? thanks!

[JeanChristopheMorinPerso]

I'll update when I have more news. The work I'm doing is not sponsored by any company, which means I do that in my own free time.

[Rusching]

Windows users are looking forward to this function, the person who makes it will be respected by everyone

[JeanChristopheMorinPerso]

I can probably give an update. I had all platforms working last year. But I'm blocked on licensing issues. OIIO has a lot of dependencies (direct and transitive) and there is a lot of licenses involved.