Graham Samuel wrote:
> I did not realise that MacPorts will create a 'fully functional
> binary', so thanks very much for that info. I have some hopes after
> all for my geography teachers.
>
> <rant> If this is the case, then why the heck haven't the producers
> of ImageMagick gone so far as to do this?
I'll bet you could ask for a refund. ;)
ImageMagick is community software, free and open source.
While there is a main pool of developers who maintain it, there's
nothing stopping anyone from enhancing it further.
Indeed, that's how projects like this work.
If anyone here has the time to make this sort of Mac package, they're
free to do so under the Apache license ImageMagick is made available under.
ImageMagick represents a tremendous amount of effort as it is; I
certainly can't fault them if they haven't gone further to make it even
more convenient for every platform.
Given what the core team has put into it, it doesn't seem too much to
ask that the community can give something back by making those sorts of
builds available, so the core team can continue to focus on the trickier
stuff they do so well.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
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