https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72324
--- Comment #8 from Bawolff (Brian Wolff) <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Daren Welsh from comment #7) > I think we're using GD. We have $wgUseImageMagick = false. > > I think I understand your points about GD and the associated increased > memory use. I've noticed that I can increase that value. While I'm not sure > how far I can safely increase that value without impacting the server, the > question about the $wgMaxImageArea parameter remains: Why am I able to > upload an image with pixel count in excess of that value? > > > So what I think this is telling me is that the $wgMaxImageArea value does > not control a max size value of an image that is allowed to be uploaded, but > rather a max size of an image that will be scaled. Is that true? If so, I'd > like to update the documentation for that parameter. That's correct. The point is to prevent people from exploding the server, not to prevent them from uploading big files (In some situations, particularly in Wikimedia, there are use cases for having a large file be uploaded, even if it cannot be rendered). Which documentation were you reading that was misleading? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
