imagick 3.8.0 release on PECL

[tessus]

Can you please release a version on PECL that actually works for PHP 8.3 and 8.4? (For both of these php releases pecl install imagick fails.)

@Danack I am more than happy to do it, but I don't have the proper access.

[jhdxr]

Hi @Danack may I know if you have any concern for releasing a new version (and if yes, what are they?).

Actually there are forks releasing versions for php 8.3/8.4, so stability is kind of tested.

[Inscure]

@Danack

[bukka]

This is being worked on - progress for the next release can be seen on develop branch

[tessus]

@bukka thanks, but I was talking about releasing a version that compiles with PHP 8.3 and 8.4.

Personally I don't need it, because I used the source tree, merged one or 2 PRs and compiled the extension manually. But I guess for most people a pecl install is the preferred way to install an extension.

The version that is on PECL does not work on any of the current PHP releases (maybe it works on 8.2). So merging 2 PRs, changing an XML file and creating a new PECL release shouldn't take 3 years.

P.S.: I am not blaming anyone, I understand that people have other priorities. I opened this PR with the hope that someone gave me the proper permission to create a PECL release. I would have invested an hour and released a version that compiles.

[bukka]

Yeah that's why I'm saying that it's in progress and kept this open - I need to make the release first and the will upload it to pecl. ;)

[Inscure]

@bukka – thanks for the update! Do you have an estimated timeline for completing the release and uploading it to PECL? Just wondering when we can expect the final version. :)

[bukka]

I just requested addition of myself to Imagick PECL maintainers and hopefully next or following week I would like to release 3.8.0RC1. The stable should hopefully come a week or two after that. It means I'm hoping to have stable release done by the end of March.

[pindab0ter]

Thank you for the update and for your efforts!

[alexgit2k]

To install the extension from the develop-branch use:

git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch develop https://github.com/Imagick/imagick
cd imagick
phpize
./configure
make
make install
echo "extension=imagick.so" > /etc/php/conf.d/imagick.ini

In PHP-Docker-image:

git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch develop https://github.com/Imagick/imagick /usr/src/php/ext/imagick
docker-php-ext-install imagick