GNU bug report logs - #33587
[PROPOSED] Default to disabling ImageMagick

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 18:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 33587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 33587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33587: [PROPOSED] Default to disabling ImageMagick
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:40:10 -0500

Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 12/3/18 11:08 AM, Glenn Morris wrote:
>> A related alternative would be to lower the priority of the ImageMagick
>> backend. At the moment, visiting eg a png image uses ImageMagick rather
>> than libpng if both are linked in.
>
> If this alternative is taken and the user requests scaling, presumably
> the ImageMagick library would need to be used anyway since it can
> scale and libpng can't.

Sure. I mean, make use of ImageMagick require an explicit request, for
uses that might need those features (eww?), rather than just happening
by default like it does now.
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