2017-01-22 22:22 GMT+01:00 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>:

> Fabrice Popineau wrote:
>
>> Given that MSYS2 itself has switched to IM7, I don't see the point to keep
>> support for IM6.
>>
>
> My vague impression is that ImageMagick 7 is still too buggy on GNU/Linux
> to be useful for Emacs there. Is my impression incorrect? Even if I'm
> wrong, Emacs should continue to support IM6 for a while on non-MS-Windows
> platforms, to support users who don't have IM7 installed yet.
>

I agree for those platforms which have a choice. With MSYS2, there is not
much choice.