Bug 2256713

Summary: update ImageMagick to version 7 in epel9
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Bryan Zuelly <bzuelly>
Component: ImageMagickAssignee: Luya Tshimbalanga <luya_tfz>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: epel9CC: blaise, carl, davide, epel-packagers-sig, fedora, leonfauster, luya_tfz, michel, ngompa13, pampelmuse
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Description Bryan Zuelly 2024-01-04 02:20:44 UTC
Please branch and build ImageMagick in epel9

Comment 1 Bryan Zuelly 2024-01-04 02:24:02 UTC
Sorry, this is my first bug request.  corrected severity and set to "medium"

Comment 2 Davide Cavalca 2024-01-04 02:31:18 UTC
ImageMagick is already in EPEL 9, and has been for a while now. See https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?search=&packages=ImageMagick&releases=EPEL-9N&releases=EPEL-9 for the latest updates.

Comment 3 Bryan Zuelly 2024-01-04 16:26:37 UTC
I was hoping for ImageMagick 7.

Comment 4 Sergio Basto 2024-01-08 22:07:04 UTC
if you need IM7 please look at remi repos https://rpms.remirepo.net/

Comment 5 Carl George 🤠 2024-07-19 20:08:41 UTC
ImageMagick is tricky when it comes to library stability.  Even going from 6.9.11.x to 6.9.12.x involves a library soname change.  Upgrading to version 7 would be even more disruptive and not in line with the EPEL updates policy.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy/

If the maintainers want to pursue this in spite of the risk, we have the EPEL incompatible upgrade process to do it deliberately and carefully.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy-incompatible-upgrades/

Comment 6 Carl George 🤠 2024-07-19 22:10:57 UTC
This is actually even less predictable than I thought.  I originally compared Fedora builds of 6.9.11.27 and 6.9.12.25 and assumed that the third section moving from 11 to 12 was when the library soname changed from 6 to 7.  It actually changed going from 6.9.11.60 to 6.9.11.61.

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.11-60...6.9.11-61
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/8b4078682b9fd4988ea44d077cf77eecb8f836d8

It remains true that upgrading to anything version 7 will be a drastic change that is generally inappropriate for EPEL.

Comment 7 Leon Fauster 2025-04-01 11:55:22 UTC
Current state for EPEL8/9

ImageMagick-6.9.13.17-1



Latest 6 Version is

ImageMagick-6.9.13.25

It seems to be without library soname change. 

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.13-17...6.9.13-25.diff


Do you have time to build the latest one? Thanks