Re: gnu: imagemagick/fixed: Redirect old sonames to new sonames.

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Leo,

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:14:03PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> The following dependency chain seems to be responsible for most of the
>> imagemagick-dependent packages:
>> 
>> gtk+@3 -> at-spi2-atk -> at-spi2-core -> gtk-doc -> dblatex -> imagemagick

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> To clarify, the question is, what changed in the package dependency
> graph that caused so many packages to transitively depend on
> ImageMagick? Previously, we could update ImageMagick on the master
> branch.

I think you've answered your own question, below.

> Exploring the history of the dependency chain, using trusty `git log`:
>
> Dblatex was added in 2014, with a dependency on imagemagick.
>
> Gtk-doc was added in 2015, with a dependency on dblatex.
>
> at-spi2-core became dependent on gtk-doc in 2018. at-spi2-atk has
> depended on at-spi2-core since it was added 2013
>
> And gtk+ has depended on at-spi2-atk since 2013.

As you noted, at-spi2-core became dependent on gtk-doc in August 2018.
That's when the chain above was completed.  My memory of 'imagemagick'
not having many dependents was from before then, I think.

Thanks for looking into it!

      Mark