Should I use Pillow or PIL?

[aodag]

Hi.

When I operate Images, I use Pillow now.
But searching for "Python Imaging" on internet
gives me to use PIL.

AFAIK, PIL is released at 2009, past 5 years without maintainance.
I trust Pillow is successer for PIL.

I wish to Pillow becomes PIL
or PIL releases new distribution that has just dependency to Pillow.

I think that is similar to relationship between setuptools and distribute.
I hope to be solved confusions for Python Imaging Library.

Thanks

[soundkitchen]

sounds very very cool.
I wish too ;-)

[wiredfool]

Use Pillow. Eventually google will catch up.

[aclark4life]

@wiredfool I think @aodag is asking that PIL be replaced with Pillow on PyPI which is not something we control unfortunately.

[radarhere]

See #1535 for more discussion about what should happen with PIL on PyPI.