[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#817842: imagemagick & imagemagick-6.q16 packages have the same binary

[Vincent Fourmond]

  Hello,

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Ross Gammon <rossgammon at mail.dk> wrote:
> Whilst debugging the two desktop menu items in imagemagick (separate bug), it
> was noticed that the two packages (imagemagick & imagemagick-6.q16) seem to
> provide the same binary, despite the q16 package being advertised as having a
> different quantum depth (16 v 8).

  Hmmm. Is it still written somewhere that the default depth is 8 ? If
yes, then clearly we should modify that.

> Also, if offering a default quantum depth package, and one with more quantum
> depth, would it be better to offer Q16 as the default, and Q32 as the option?

  That is something we'd like to do, and it's the reason why we set up
different packages with proper alternatives, but that's unfortunately
not going to happen very soon.

  Best,

      Vincent