PNGs should be automatically compressed
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	Oct 11 2005, 11:03 PM

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Author: wikimedia-bugzilla

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If possible, PNGs should be compressed after they have been uploaded. They
should also be compressed when resized for an article.

Version: 1.6.x
Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz3683

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:51 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-File-management.

• bzimport set Reference to bz3683.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Oct 11 2005, 11:03 PM

The PNG format is inherently compressed.

wikimedia-bugzilla wrote:

But there are different levels of compression...

robchur wrote:

And the user ought to select the best possible compression for it. There isn't,
as far as I know, an easy way for us to create an even-more-compressed version
reliably on-the-fly, using the time and resources we have (consider, from page
request to page display).

• Gilles added a project: Multimedia.Dec 4 2014, 10:52 AM

• Gilles moved this task from Untriaged to Done on the Multimedia board.Dec 4 2014, 10:54 AM

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