It looks like https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310> covers quite a bit of discussion starting five years ago and as recent as three weeks. Someone has a private ImageMagick-7 port that people can use locally, if they wish (bottom comment on ticket). But there's room to say that a good answer isn't necessarily an easy one. And that something being unsatisfactory doesn't mean it's being ignored entirely. :-)
> On Jan 26, 2021, at 13:01, Ken Cunningham <cunning...@medicalrounds.com> > wrote: > > Ryan is passionate about this question, and many have attempted to force this > issue without success. > > No doubt there are 50 closed tickets about it. > > You will have to take it up directly with Ryan, as MacPorts' manager. > > However, at some point, public demand must prevail. > > Ken > > > On 2021-01-26, at 9:50 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > >> The first Bad Idea reason I imagine is if some port(s) that depend on >> ImageMagick don't play nice with the latest version, to the point where >> having them work is preferable to having ImageMagick be current. >> >> A counter-argument would be HEIF support (which a quick google suggests was >> added in ImageMagick 7.0.7-22). >> >> For a number of ports, there is the ability to have multiple versions >> installed at once; or rather, separate ports for different versions, using >> distinct pathnames, and often a way to select which is the default. >> Depending on difficulty, I'd wonder if that would be an option, absent a >> cleaner solution. >> >> >>> On Jan 26, 2021, at 04:00, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>>> For example, ImageMagick is at 7.0.10 in brew, but still at 6.9.11 in >>>> ports. >>> >>> For years now people have requested a 7.x version of this in >>> MacPorts...Ryan could probably update it in less than 5 minutes. >>> >>> But there is some reason I never bothered to read through why that is a Bad >>> Idea. >>> >>> Doesn't stop the monthly requests since as long as I've been around, though >>> :) >>> >>> K >> >
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
