ImageMagick port outdated

[Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate]

Short answer, that is being considered, and it will take some work.
Details in the ticket showed below by Ruben:
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 2:10 PM Fred Weinhaus <fmw at alink.net> wrote:

> Why not just offer both ImageMagick 6 and Imagemagick 7. The user could
> then choose which he wants to use.
>
> Fred
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dave - that is my understanding, but I haven’t tested it. I have a ton of
> scripts and code snippets which would break with IMv7 and my Macs also run
> older OSes so I am not in a rush to move to IMv7. I use sips often in
> conjuction with imagemagick, the sips color profile and metadata handling
> is excellent
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Friday, September 25, 2020, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via
> macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> "possible to invoke the previous parser" -- Do you mean that some of the
>> IMv6 commands can be used with IMv7, simply by prefixing with "magick" and
>> a space?  I wonder how many of the many ports depending on IMv6 could be
>> satisfied with this simple patch.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Christoph,
>>>
>>> I use imagemagick every day and IMv7 introduces a number of changes, in
>>> particular the "magick" command which replaces the previous "identify",
>>> "convert", "montage", "composite" etc. commands. The CLI parser has been
>>> rewritten and following the previous CLI parameters order will not work. It
>>> is however possible to invoke the previous parser using "magick convert" or
>>> "magick composite" for example.
>>>
>>> As an alternative, if you are on a Mac running OSX v10.13 or later, for
>>> HEIF files use the OSX sips (Scriptable Image Processing System) tool, e.g.:
>>>
>>> # inspect file properties
>>> $ sips --getProperty allheic_image.heic
>>>
>>> # convert to JPEG
>>> $ sips --setProperty format jpeg heic_image.heic --setProperty
>>> formatOptions high --out heic_image.jpg
>>>
>>> sips is a good companion to imagemagick's convert for raster formats, it
>>> is fast and offers a number of features.
>>>
>>> As IM have stated they will support IMv6 for another ten years, it's
>>> probably best to not rush to IMv7 considering the number of changes
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:59 AM Ruben Di Battista <
>>> rubendibattista at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Moreover, HEIC format seems to be included here:
>>>> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6021
>>>>
>>>> Are there any problems?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:58 PM Ruben Di Battista
>>>> <rubendibattista at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello Christoph,
>>>> >
>>>> > here's there's a discussion about version 7:
>>>> > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014 and here
>>>> > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310. It probably will be provided
>>>> > as a separate port.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM Christoph Kukulies <kuku at kukulies.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I was seeking for a means to convert Apples new HEIC/HEIF format to
>>>> more traditional formats and I always remembered  ImageMagick being a good
>>>> choice for that.
>>>> > > Unfortunately the macports version is quite outdated.
>>>> > > 6.9.11-29
>>>> > >
>>>> > > vs. 7.0.10-30 being the latest.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > How can I get a newer version via macports?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > —
>>>> > > Christoph
>>>
>>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/attachments/20200925/cd71b3e3/attachment.htm>