imagemagick update

[Moshe1010]

Hello,

There were some major changes since the included imagemagick distribution package. I would like to ask to update the version of imagemagick to the latest (currently 6.8.8-6).

Current Imagemagick's distribution version is from 2009-07-30 (version 6.5.4-7).

Thanks in advance.

[TrevorH]

That's not the way it works. CentOS follows RHEL and RH have a policy of not updating package versions once the distro is released. They backport bug fixes and selected enhancements but that's it. Please read

http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html

[Moshe1010]

But correct me if I'm wrong, it is possible to update it in the next distribution, isn't it? And the example in your link is Apache, which has a much greater impact on server functionality than a minor, 3rd party software, like ImageMagick which its only purpose is to handle different types of images.

[gerald_clark]

If you want to see what will be in the next distribution, check out RHEL7 beta.

[TrevorH]

The "next" distribution will be el7 not el6.6. The version lock applies to all releases in a major version so 6.x ships the same versions for the entire 10 year lifespan of the distro.