On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 07:38:28AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron 
collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing:
> 
> Started a thread to get a quick discussion going so answers can be derived 
> soon from it.
> 
> I much prefer GraphicsMagick over ImageMagick for a variety of reasons. GM is 
> a fork of IM, but is more stable.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.

-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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