There was a report to BLFS that not all packages which could use ImageMagick recognized the changes in IM7. So we reverted to IM6. Now that I've had time to look at this, inkscape is a major package in this category. ImageMagick-7 has changed a lot of things. And as somebody who uses ImageMagick tools, I don't want to be stuck with the old version.
Can I fix that ? Probably not, particularly with the move to cmake (I have no idea how to deal with different versions of a package in cmake, unlike configure scripts where there are usually things to copy).
Perhaps I can start to take a look when I get some time. But what I will need is an idiot's guide to what IM brings to inkscape, so that in the (unlikely) event that I produce a patch I can test it to see if it works. For the moment, all I know is that inkscape can use IM - but the details/benefits elude me.
Any pointers, pretty please ?
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