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Revision as of 04:08, 12 December 2022
Upgrade ImageMagick to version 7
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
Upgrade 
ImageMagick
Owner
- Name: Neal Gompa, Sérgio Basto, Carl George
- Email: ngompa13@gmail.com, sergio@serjux.com, carl@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 38
- Last updated: 2022-12-12
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
We will attempt to avoid introducing an ImageMagick6 compatibility package, but if it is needed, it will be introduced.
Feedback
This was discussed on the development mailing list prior to this Change with most commentators agreeing that upgrading the default package ("ImageMagick") and creating a compatibility package if needed of the legacy version ("ImageMagick6") is the right approach for Fedora.
The Change Owners privately discussed and came to the conclusion we should try this and proceed forward.
Benefit to Fedora
This brings us in line with upstream recommendations on how to ship ImageMagick, and gives users and developers access to the latest features and fixes being made available in the ImageMagick software.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Update
ImageMagick - Rebuild reverse dependencies to link to v7 libraries
- Any packages that cannot build or be adapted to build for v7 will need to switch to
- As much as possible will be done in a side-tag to merge into Rawhide
- Update
- Other developers: N/A
- Release engineering: #11185
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Objectives: N/A
Upgrade/compatibility impact
The main compatibility impact will be that third party packages will need to adapt to ImageMagick v7 or use alternatives instead. Within Fedora itself, these choices will be handled already.
How To Test
Install and use any of the packages
User Experience
This is largely an invisible change, so as long as applications using ImageMagick still work.
Dependencies
Reverse dependencies of the ImageMagick libraries.
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: In the event not everything can be migrated to ImageMagick 7, then the ImageMagick6 compatibility package will be introduced for them and they will be switched to that.
- Contingency deadline: Final freeze
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release Notes
The ImageMagick package is now based on the latest version 7 series. This brings new enhancements, including support for more image formats and features like HDR.