On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:42:45 +0100, Peter Dyballa <[email protected]> wrote: There is also the question what sense the imagemagick2-svg package makes. It contains effectively two files: > > -rwxr-xr-x 0 root admin 1430 26 Dez 00:56 > ./sw/lib/ImageMagick-6.8.1/modules-Q16HDRI/coders/svg.la > -rwxr-xr-x 0 root admin 74124 26 Dez 00:56 > ./sw/lib/ImageMagick-6.8.1/modules-Q16HDRI/coders/svg.so > > It would make some sense to have sets ImageMagick package which > either uses the ImageMagick code to handle SVG images or librsvg.
It would seem that those two files are "the ImageMagick code to handle SVG images", and that they have a number of non-trivial dependencies beyond those of imagemagick itself. So if a user doesn't need svg support, he can avoid installing that package and therefore not need to haul in a whole dependency tree that would solely be used for a feature he doesn't want. That's the whole point of having specialized support as modular plugins rather than directly built into a monolithic binary. dan -- Daniel Macks [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
