Current Fedora version of ImageMagick is from 2017

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of

ImageMagick

is from 2017. Why is that?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Andras Simon]

2022-08-10 17:42 UTC+02:00, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  Dear All,
>
>  I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
>
>  ImageMagick
>
>  is from 2017. Why is that? 
I don't know. But have a look at GraphicsMagick, which is 'An
ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better
quality'.

[Terry Polzin]

The package may have been depreciated in favor of something else, you'll
have to review the release notes.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:59 AM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  2022-08-10 17:42 UTC+02:00, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  > Dear All,
>  >
>  > I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
>  >
>  > ImageMagick
>  >
>  > is from 2017. Why is that?
>
>  I don't know. But have a look at GraphicsMagick, which is 'An
>  ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better
>  quality'.
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[Andras Simon]

2022-08-10 18:02 UTC+02:00, Terry Polzin <foxec208(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  The package may have been depreciated in favor of something else,
> you'll
>  have to review the release notes.
>
>  On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:59 AM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > 2022-08-10 17:42 UTC+02:00, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
> > >
> > > ImageMagick
> > >
> > > is from 2017. Why is that?
> >
> > I don't know. But have a look at GraphicsMagick, which is 'An
> > ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better
> > quality'. 
You probably meant to answer to the OP, not me, and have ImageMagick,
not GraphicsMagick in mind.

[Paul Smith]

Thanks to all who have answered! GraphicsMagick seems to be a good
alternative to ImageMagick -- thanks for the suggestion.

Paul

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 5:34 PM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> 2022-08-10 18:02 UTC+02:00, Terry Polzin <foxec208(a)gmail.com&gt;:
> > The package may have been depreciated in favor of something else, you'll
> > have to review the release notes.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:59 AM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> >> 2022-08-10 17:42 UTC+02:00, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;:
> >> > Dear All,
> >> >
> >> > I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
> >> >
> >> > ImageMagick
> >> >
> >> > is from 2017. Why is that?
> >>
> >> I don't know. But have a look at GraphicsMagick, which is 'An
> >> ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better
> >> quality'.
>
> You probably meant to answer to the OP, not me, and have ImageMagick,
> not GraphicsMagick in mind.
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[George N. White III]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 7:52 PM Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Thanks to all who have answered! GraphicsMagick seems to be a good
>  alternative to ImageMagick -- thanks for the suggestion.
>  
I use *Magick command-line tools (convert, etc.):  I don't get them from
GraphicsMagick:

 % doas dnf provides /usr/bin/convert
Last metadata expiration check: 3:14:26 ago on Fri Aug 12 05:25:01 2022.
ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
manipulating images
Repo        : fedora
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert

ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
manipulating images
Repo        : fedora
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert

ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
manipulating images
Repo        : updates
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert

ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
manipulating images
Repo        : updates
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert



>  Paul
>
>  On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 5:34 PM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > 2022-08-10 18:02 UTC+02:00, Terry Polzin <foxec208(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  > > The package may have been depreciated in favor of something else,
>  you'll
>  > > have to review the release notes.
>  > >
>  > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:59 AM Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > >
>  > >> 2022-08-10 17:42 UTC+02:00, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  > >> > Dear All,
>  > >> >
>  > >> > I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
>  > >> >
>  > >> > ImageMagick
>  > >> >
>  > >> > is from 2017. Why is that?
>  > >>
>  > >> I don't know. But have a look at GraphicsMagick, which is 'An
>  > >> ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better
>  > >> quality'.
>  >
>  > You probably meant to answer to the OP, not me, and have ImageMagick,
>  > not GraphicsMagick in mind.
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-- 
George N. White III

[Bob Marcan]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:45:13 -0300
"George N. White III" <gnwiii(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 7:52 PM Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  
>  > Thanks to all who have answered! GraphicsMagick seems to be a good
>  > alternative to ImageMagick -- thanks for the suggestion.
>  >  
>  
>  I use *Magick command-line tools (convert, etc.):  I don't get them from
>  GraphicsMagick:
>  
>   % doas dnf provides /usr/bin/convert
>  Last metadata expiration check: 3:14:26 ago on Fri Aug 12 05:25:01 2022.
>  ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
>  manipulating images
>  Repo        : fedora
>  Matched from:
>  Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  
>  ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
>  manipulating images
>  Repo        : fedora
>  Matched from:
>  Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  
>  ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
>  manipulating images
>  Repo        : updates
>  Matched from:
>  Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  
>  ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
>  manipulating images
>  Repo        : updates
>  Matched from:
>  Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>   
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/GraphicsMagick.html


gm animate [ options ... ] file [ [ options ... ] file ... ]

gm batch [ options ... ] [ script ]

gm benchmark [ options ... ] subcommand

gm compare [ options ... ] reference-image [ options ... ] compare-image [ options ... ]

gm composite [ options ... ] change-image base-image [ mask-image ] output-image

gm conjure [ options ] script.msl [ [ options ] script.msl ]

gm convert [ [ options ... ] [ input-file ... ] [ options ... ] ] output-file

gm display [ options ... ] file ... [ [options ... ]file ... ]

gm identify file [ file ... ]

gm import [ options ... ] file

gm mogrify [ options ... ] file ...

gm montage [ options ... ] file [ [ options ... ] file ... ] output-file

gm time subcommand

gm version

[George N. White III]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:30 AM Bob Marcan <bob.marcan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:45:13 -0300
>  "George N. White III" <gnwiii(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
>  > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 7:52 PM Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > > Thanks to all who have answered! GraphicsMagick seems to be a good
>  > > alternative to ImageMagick -- thanks for the suggestion.
>  > >
>  >
>  > I use *Magick command-line tools (convert, etc.):  I don't get them from
>  > GraphicsMagick:
>  >
>  >  % doas dnf provides /usr/bin/convert
>  > Last metadata expiration check: 3:14:26 ago on Fri Aug 12 05:25:01 2022.
>  > ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
>  > manipulating images
>  > Repo        : fedora
>  > Matched from:
>  > Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  >
>  > ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.44-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying
>  and
>  > manipulating images
>  > Repo        : fedora
>  > Matched from:
>  > Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  >
>  > ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.i686 : An X application for displaying and
>  > manipulating images
>  > Repo        : updates
>  > Matched from:
>  > Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  >
>  > ImageMagick-1:6.9.12.52-1.fc36.x86_64 : An X application for displaying
>  and
>  > manipulating images
>  > Repo        : updates
>  > Matched from:
>  > Filename    : /usr/bin/convert
>  >
>
>  http://www.graphicsmagick.org/GraphicsMagick.html
>
>  gm animate [ options ... ] file [ [ options ... ] file ... ]
>  [...] 

The Debian/Ubuntu world has a compatibility package that provides Graphics
Magick versions of the
ImageMagick tools  My use cases are very basic so I hope the differences
with GraphicsMagick won't
cause problems.

Fedora requires some effort to avoid editing legacy scripts and makefiles
(that are shared with other users
so need to work across multiple platforms).  I  created a /usr/local/gm/bin
directory with a bunch of links to
"all.sh": that has "exec /usr/bin/gm ...".  and use environment
modules to
add the new gm/bin directory to the
path when needed.

-- 
George N. White III

[Doug Herr]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022, at 8:42 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
>  Dear All,
>
>  I have just noticed that the current Fedora version of
>
>  ImageMagick
>
>  is from 2017. Why is that? 
This seems to explain it:

https://legacy.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=32622