Serve .stl 3d model files with gzip compression
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	• brion
	Feb 21 2018, 7:26 PM

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.stl files as loaded by the 3D extension are currently served without compression, which roughly doubles their size versus applying gzip at the HTTP(S) layer.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Asad_Al-Lat.stl
1,470,284 bytes raw -> 700,075 bytes gzipped

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Venus_%28Afrodite%29_fra_Milo_-_KAS434_1.stl
137,129,384 bytes raw -> 67,906,901 bytes gzipped

as tested with gzip -9

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	gzip .stl files on transfer (application/sla)	operations/puppet	production	+1 -1

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• brion created this task.Feb 21 2018, 7:26 PM

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Change 413236 had a related patch set uploaded (by Brion VIBBER; owner: Brion VIBBER):
[operations/puppet@production] WIP - gzip .stl files on transfer (application/sla)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/413236

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 21 2018, 8:07 PM

Change 413236 merged by BBlack:
[operations/puppet@production] gzip .stl files on transfer (application/sla)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/413236

Confirmed this is now working. :)

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