Merge pull request #7937 from radarhere/qoi

Document that QoiImagePlugin uses Python for decoding
python-pillow · Apr 5, 2024 · ff64ade · ff64ade
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 .. versionadded:: 9.5.0
 
-Pillow identifies and reads images in Quite OK Image format.
+Pillow reads images in Quite OK Image format using a Python decoder. If you wish to
+write code specifically for this format, :pypi:`qoi` is an alternative library that
+uses C to decode the image and interfaces with NumPy.
 
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