On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:16:55 +0000, Joachim Reichel wrote:

> > [...] Now I'm wondering if changing the runtime dependency to
> > "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat | imagemagick" would achieve the
> > same while allowing the user to choose (or keep) one of the two
> > implementations?
> good point! 

Thanks :)

> I noticed that imagemagick contains mogrify-im6.q16, but missed
> that it makes that available as mogrify via the alternatives system.

Yeah, this looks a bit complicated with plain imagemagick, versioned
imagemagick-something packages, and then graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat
which Conflicts/Replaces/Provides imagemagick.

> Since graphicsmagick uses "gm" and ...-compat is "just" a compatiblity
> package, I'm even considering using
> "imagemagick | imagemagick-6.q16hdri | graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat"
> (different order plus ...hdri variant).

Sounds good as well.
(Personally I'd be a bit wary about packages with versions in their
name but that's just my personal taste.)

Thanks again,
gregor

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