On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 08:45:44AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > GraphicsMagick does provide a 'compare' command which offers some operation > modes similar to ImageMagick's compare (-colorspace, -debug, -define, > -density, -depth, -highlight-color, -interlace, -limit, -metric, -monitor, > -sampling-factor, -size, -type, -verbose) although it was never designed to > be an exact replacement and is not derived from the ImageMagick version > since it was implemented after the fork based on my own imagination. From > looking at the GraphicsMagick Makefile, it appears that does install a > 'compare' command so the lack of 'compare' must be an artifact of Debian > packaging.
Ok, I know nothing about that...
> If the Debian packaging was updated to include 'compare' would this satisfy
> your expectations?
Not sure, I'd probably have to check if for my own use case the output
is the same. Most likely it would be.
> That said, installing commands with generic names like 'convert' and
> 'compare' has always seemed problematic to me since it could conflict with
> other software.
I kinda agree, yes. However at this point in time way too much stuff
started to rely on imagemagick tools being called like that, imho.
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