Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/ImageMagick

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Request for ImageMagick[edit]

Home-page
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows (free GPL software)
Type
Software
Additional software requirements
None
Additional server-side maintenance requirements
The following lines need to be added to LocalSettings.php:
$wgUseImageResize = true;
$wgUseImageMagick = true;
$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "C:\\Program Files\\Imagemagick\\Convert.exe"; # for example
Reason for request
There are many images that need to be scaled by MediaWiki for use in multiple locations. The support for image scaling in PHP is extremely feeble: scaling PNG, for example, causes it to discolor images because it does not manage palettes well. Imagemagick is a robust set of tools for image manipulation that MediaWiki is already designed to use.
What else uses it
All Wikimedia projects use it.
Possible pitfalls
  1. Would require running software on the servers. This is a potential security risk. However, the software does not need administrative privileges -- just write access to the MediaWiki's cache. The software is also free (GPL), and the source can be freely examined for trojans.
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