On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 10:49 AM Kevin Kofler via devel <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Neal Gompa wrote: > > There are actually > > other packages I could fix in Fedora with patches from openSUSE or > > PLD, but they need more work to not break compatibility with building > > with GraphicsMagick (which these packages in question support), so > > using IM6 there for now is fine while that gets worked out. > > If there are patches, I do not see why we cannot just apply them downstream > instead of building against a compat package, especially if we make > ImageMagick 7 the default as you propose. > > There is no rule in Fedora that any and all patches must be upstreamed. > Especially building against the distribution's version of a library is > exactly what a distribution is for and hence the perfect example of when it > makes sense to patch a package. >
While that is true, *I* don't like doing that if I don't have to. I'd rather try to get things fixed upstream in tandem. Upstreams tend to appreciate that in my experience. :) (This is probably why so many people think I'm everywhere, to be honest! :P ) > IMHO, either we go with Sergio's plan, letting ImageMagick be version 6 > forever and introducing ImageMagick7 (and in the future ImageMagick8, etc.) > for all newer versions, then we can slowly switch packages from ImageMagick > to ImageMagick7, or we go with your plan and move ImageMagick to version 7, > but then we should do all we can to make really everything use the new > version. > As I said earlier in the thread: of the 25 reverse dependencies of the ImageMagick libraries, only five don't build[1]. Further analysis indicates that dvdauthor has a patch in openSUSE[2], but the fix breaks support for GraphicsMagick as an alternative. I want to rework that patch so it doesn't break GraphicsMagick and old ImageMagick support so that it's suitable for upstreaming. I don't expect this to be too difficult to do. [1]: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24CLLA46CAIKWRSPYVLZFLDPLTPRDU7U/ [2]: https://code.opensuse.org/package/dvdauthor/blob/master/f/dvdauthor-0.7.2-imagemagick7.patch -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
