[Xastir-dev] ImageMagick vs. GraphicsMagick

[Tom Russo]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 07:38:28AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <curt.we7u at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
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> Started a thread to get a quick discussion going so answers can be derived soon from it.
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> I much prefer GraphicsMagick over ImageMagick for a variety of reasons. GM is a fork of IM, but is more stable.
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> That being said, I find myself sometimes installing a Linux that doesn't have GM so I pick IM instead, knowing that Xastir will work with either. As for me, I'm willing to take on the burden of installing from source for those cases where the Linux that doesn't have a GM package available. Most people would rather not install from sources though.
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> Will we be putting any burden on users if we force the use of GM and cut out IM support, for those that don't have GM as a standard package? That's about my only concern.

I opened a "call for discussion" issue on github for precisely this
discussion: https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/issues/25

I'm OK with keeping ImageMagick support in the code, so long as we can pitch
the 15-year-old ifdefed workarounds for old, busted API issues.

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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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