ImageMagick port outdated

[Sean DALY]

Fred, part of the issue is how a user would call the tools needed. IMv6 has
separate programs: identify, convert, mogrify, compare, composite, montage,
and these are just the main ones. IMv7 regroups all these called by
“magick”, but that is also a (little-used) program name in IMv6 with a
different function. As the syntax has also changed with IMv7, this gets
complicated quickly. A possible comparison is with the GNU utilities:
ggrep, gawk instead of grep, awk... unless user chooses priority for GNU
versions

Sean


On Friday, September 25, 2020, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via
macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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