GNU bug report logs - #51381
HEIF image format support

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:39:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at 51381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 51381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51381: HEIF image format support
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:35:20 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Why do we prefer external-converter for this, instead of having those
> images supported natively?  I thought we wanted to move away of
> ImageMagick dependencies?

We don't want to make Emacs depend on All The C Image Libraries That
Exist.  For obscure formats, seldom used, it's fine to use an external
program (if the user wants to).

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