On 25/01/15 16:45, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am 22.01.2015 09:36, schrieb Christian Hesse: >> From: Christian Hesse <[email protected]> >> >> This can decrease package size by optimizing PNG image size. Images are >> just stored with better compression and/or filter options. The actual >> image content is not altered. >> >> Additionally this can automatically fix broken PNG images which caused >> some trouble lately. >> >> Signed-off-by: Christian Hesse <[email protected]> > > I am not sure it is wise to use such a feature on Arch. One could say it > alters the package in a way that was not intended by upstream. And > similar to other downstream patches we add: It would be better for every > user of such software if those png files are optimized by the upstream > project. Especially if they are broken. > > One could implement a namcap rule that checks for broken pngs or those > that can be optimized. >
Whether or not such a feature is used in Arch is a separate conversation, and I doubt we would even enable it. But note that this is just a compression method, much like using gzip in man and info pages. Allan
