Description of problem: ImageMagick provides a valuable library for image manipulation. Though this could be very useful for small applications, it is encumbered by its X11 library requirements. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ImageMagick-6.4.0.10-2.fc10.ppc How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: Install ImageMagick Actual results: The base ImageMagick package installs the library and utilities. Furthermore, ImageMagick introduces the following dependencies, which may not be good for small systems: ImageMagick -> librsvg2 -> libgsf -> libORBit -> libIDL X11 libraries Expected results: I would like to see a separate library package. This would allow one to install the libraries onto a small system without the applications (e.g., /usr/bin/animate). Additional info: Ideally, the package would be further broken up so that more exotic plugins could be installed separately. For example, X11-related modules could be isolated. Also, I briefly looked at some of the modules and found that "ldd jpeg.so" revealed that this module is linked against libX11. So, it may be necessary to look at some of the ImageMagick build code to ensure modules are not linked against unnecessary libraries (I hope to do this work when I have time).
I would be happy to take a (well written) patch for this (but do not have the time to work on this myself). This will not be easy though, esp. removing the X11 libs dependencies, as those are used to read xpm files AFAIK.
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I'm sorry but given my other Fedora / RH tasks I do not have the time necessary to keep ImageMagick in good shape. So I'm re-assigning this to Pavel Alexeev who has been so kind to take over ImageMagick maintainance from me.
Hm... ImageMagick is big complex software. Some parts (and dependencies off course) may be avoided by configure option, but we lose some functionality thought. If you speak about provide base package with implemented plugin-system there and other as plugins... In any case if such plugin system not implemented yet I have not so much time and/or skills do it... I think it is good candidate to Future Request to upstream developers. So, can you do it? If you have patches - I'll be hope see it.
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Reporter does not answer, I close it as NOTABUG.
Could we reopen this bug? The idea has been further proposed on the ImageMagick dev list, and accepted as a future to-do (though of indeterminate priority): http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-developers/2009-October/003188.html The fundamental use case remains extremely strong: a headless lightweight web server should be able to perform general image manipulation tasks without X.
I'm glad to see that arrived to upstream developers. But for what this bug should reopened? At all there is not bug in Fedora. When it will implemented in upstream - you can submit request to update ImageMagick and we can return discuss to things how i should be resplited. One more thing, among others you suggest slightly different future in IM maillist - separate it from X-labraries but not plugin system and more fine grained. If it really may be important for some reasons, there may be another solution. In spec possible to build, one as now, second for example with "noX" suffix and configured with suggested ./configure --without-x. Both packages off course should conflict with opposite, and may be regular obsoletes another. But for what it all? You speak about hosting providers - but really it is a problem for server some more dependencies for few additional megabytes? I think size may be important for embedded systems, but in any case it should be other optimized set/build, not regular Fedora....
I am not the best advocate for this bug, as I don't use Fedora currently, but was recently looking into the issue and have found it to be a common problem with potential solutions that are not yet being packaged by distributions. It is a very common deployment strategy to launch web services on small virtual hosts, and that this is an important market for Fedora.
I very appreciate any help and thank you. When (if) it will be grained by upstream I try also reflect it in packaging. But now I think it just is not subject of this bug...
Bastien ROUCARIES make efforts to work on it with upstream: http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-developers/2009-October/003188.html