[TYPO3-project-4-3] INSTALL.txt

[Ingo Renner]

Michael Stucki wrote:


>> The question is: do you think we should ~recommend~ people install
>> ImageMagick version 4.29 in our INSTALL.txt?
> 
> No!
> 
>> If the answer is "no", we have nothing to argue about :) Right now
>> INSTALL.txt ~recommends~ version 6, which is the current stable
>> version. We do not ~require~ it, we ~recommend~ it. I am sure no one
>> would want to ~recommend~ such an old version as 4.29 :) But people
>> are free to use 4.29 if they want. No problems at all! It is just
>> not a point for INSTALL.txt.
> 
> A long time ago I changed all places where IM was recommended and
> replaced it with GraphicsMagick. So currently I would say we should
> always focus on recommending GM and offer IM6 only as a fallback.
> 
> IM4 may still be supported, but for security reasons that should not be
> mentioned at all!

full ack and to make it short:

recommend: GM
allow: IM6 (and IM4 for backwards compatibility, but don't tell anyone 
that IM4 is still supportet because of the security issues with IM4)


=)
Ingo

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Ingo Renner
TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2