Hi Thomaz! On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Thomas L Marshall <t...@altmx.com> wrote: > Please disregard my previous comments re differences between sid and > squeeze. I have completed a more controlled test and I have found that > on both sid and squeeze libmagickcore3-extra is necessary for processing > SVG -> png via perlmagick BlobToImage(). I have verified the original > error without libmagickcore3-extra and I have also verified proper and > compatible operation with libmagickcore3-extra installed.
Very good! > I wonder if I should have been able to able to track this down or if > there is a way to document this SVG prerequisite to make it easier to > find the fix? Users upgrading from older versions should be warned with the content of /usr/share/doc/perlmagick/NEWS.Debian.gz But indeed, people doing a new install of perlmagick only won't easily find libmagickcore3-extra. I need to see if it's better to cite libmagickcore3-extra in perlmagick (and imagemagick) description or if it's better to include a suggests or recommends for libmagickcore3-extra (also in perlmagick, since imagemagick already recommends libmagickcore3-extra). Installing only perlmagick without the imagemagick package was an option that I hadn't thought. > Also, libmagickcore3-extra carries with it a lot of additional stuff > that maybe I don't need (libxinerama1, libxrandr2 seem to stand out) > just to process SVG. I wonder if it may be possible/better to move SVG > back to libmagickcore3 but I understand that certain CVG fonts/effects > do extend fairly deep down the rendering path. Then we have another "problem" here :-) Right now it's not possible to distribute both a imagemagick package which depends on the graphical libs and also a version that has no dependencies on them. If you have the imagemagick package installed, you can see at /usr/share/doc/imagemagick/TODO.Debian that it's in our TODO list a solution for this. About moving the SVG codec back to libmagickcore3, we will hit the same issue again: some users will complain "Why do I need a SVG coder if I don't use it?" It's a problem in balancing features and dependencies that isn't easily solved, unfortunately. > Again, thanks for your attention to this issue. You are welcome ;-) Since this issue isn't really a bug, do you agree that we can close this bug report? Best regards, Nelson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
