[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#481399: Bug#481399: octave-image: please allow classic ImageMagick

[Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail@gmail.com>]

Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 15:37 -0400 schrieb Aaron M. Ucko:
> Package: octave-image
> Version: 1.0.6-1
> Severity: important
> 
> octave-image now depends on graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat, which
> in turn conflicts with classic imagemagick.  AFAICT offhand, either
> implementation should suffice for its purposes, so I would recommend
> adjusting the dependency accordingly; because gm-im-compat provides
> imagemagick, you shouldn't even need to mention the -compat package at
> all unless you need a versioned dependency for any reason.  OTOH, if
> you specifically need GraphicsMagick, please instead change the
> dependency to graphicsmagick and arrange to run the all-in-one gm
> binary directly.

I'll add an alternative to the depends line. The reason I actually
prefer graphicsmagic: imagemagick changes its output once in a while and
as the .m files parse the output, they break.

	Thomas