Hi On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Matthew Wynn <m-wynn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > After upgrading to imagemagick 6.8.9.8-1, I've found it to be a lot slower > than 6.8.9.7-1. I only get this issue when downloading from the > repositories or using the PKGBUILD, not when compiling using the > instructions at imagemagic.org. > > I've discussed the issue with the ImageMagick developers, which you can > find at > http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26369&sid=a29400f51bd723e98da6b74c0819e9b3. > Even when trying to convert a 500x500 image to 100x100, it appears that an > image that is 2048x1536 is created. > > I've tried this on multiple Arch machines with the same result. > Use code profiler (e.g. 'perf') to record information where the tool spends its CPU cycles. Then compare what is the difference and why newer version is slower.
