[cairo] image scaling in cairo, python

[Wolfgang Lipp]

[also posted to: comp.lang.python]

hi all,

i've heard cairo has become the image scling library for firefox3. is 
that true? wonderful, i want to do that in python. there's a python 
interface for cairo, right? i've used it before to do simple vector 
stuff. seems to work. however, i haven't been able to find relevant 
pointers via google. (rant: your mailman interface here is incredibly 
unsuited to promote open discussions).

so do you have any pointers on how to resize a raster image with python 
using cairo? i've been jumping through hoops for a while now, and i 
believe it should be easier.

cheers and ~flow

ps. related (long) posts:

http://groups.google.com/group/pyglet-users/browse_frm/thread/44253ad01d809da5/cd051e6bced271e1#cd051e6bced271e1

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/5df65d99cff0d7bb#