Re: Proposal: Move X Windows code to own library

[email protected] wrote:
>> All the ImageMagick code
>> relating to X Windows should be moved to its own library.
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> Try
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>   ./configure --without-x

I am aware of that configure switch. The idea behind my patch is to make
it easier for distributions to ship ImageMagick packages that don't
depend on X.

A distribution has two options: Either build two different sets of the
ImageMagick packages, one with and one without X support. Another
solution is to move the X Windows code to another library which can be
simply be put in a single new package. The latter is easier to implement
and administer. It's also more convenient for users.

The major Linux distros still don't ship ImageMagick packages without a
dependency on X. I also know of some shared hosting providers that don't
install ImageMagick on their servers because of that dependency. I think
my proposal would change that.

Nick

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