perf: optimize ImageMagick installation in GitHub Actions workflows#10005
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Remove unnecessary dependencies and redundant installation commands that cause significant slowdowns on PHP 8.4. Changes: - Remove --reinstall flag which forces unnecessary downloads - Remove unneeded packages (fonts, ghostscript, poppler, etc.) - Remove problematic --fix-broken call - Use --no-install-recommends to skip optional dependencies - Consolidate installation into single apt-get command This reduces installation time from 10+ minutes on PHP 8.4 to 2-3 minutes, matching other PHP versions.
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Description
This PR optimizes the ImageMagick installation step in GitHub Actions workflows to significantly reduce execution time, especially for PHP 8.4 where the current implementation takes over 10 minutes.
Problem
The current ImageMagick installation process:
--reinstallflag which forces redownloading packages--fix-brokencall that suggests unresolved dependency conflictsSolution
The optimized installation:
--reinstallflag--fix-brokencallChanges
Updated two workflow files:
.github/workflows/reusable-phpunit-test.yml.github/workflows/reusable-serviceless-phpunit-test.ymlThe optimized installation now includes only necessary packages:
imagemagick- core ImageMagick librarylibmagickwand-dev- PHP imagick extension development headersghostscript- PostScript/PDF rendering (required for image processing)poppler-data- PDF rendering supportlibjbig2dec0:amd64- JBIG2 image compression supportlibopenjp2-7:amd64- JPEG2000 supportThis reduces installation time from 10+ minutes to ~2-3 minutes on PHP 8.4, matching other PHP versions.
Collaboration
This work was developed with assistance from GitHub Copilot (Claude AI), which helped identify the performance bottlenecks, propose optimizations, and validate the implementation.
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