On 25.10.2010, 23:02 Erik wrote: > Hello all,
> for some types of resources, it's desirable to upload source files > (whether it's Blender, COLLADA, Scribus, EDL, or some other format), > so that others can more easily remix and process them. Currently, as > far as I know, there's no way to upload these resources to Commons. > What would be the arguments against allowing administrators to upload > arbitrary ZIP files on Wikimedia Commons, allowing the Commons > community to develop policy and process around when such archived > resources are appropriate? An alternative, of course, would be to > whitelist every possible source format for admins, but it seems to me > that it would be a good general policy to not enable additional > support for formats that aren't officially supported (reduces > confusion among users about what's permitted -- there's only one file > format they can't use). > Thoughts? Instead of amassing social constructs around technical deficiency, I propose to fix bug 24230 [1] by implementing proper checking for JAR format. Also, we need to check all contents with antivirus and disallow certain types of files inside archives (such as .exe). Once we took all these precautions, I see no need to restrict ZIPs to any special group. Of course, this doesn't mean that we soul allow all the safe ZIPs, just several open ZIP-based file formats. ------------- [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24230 -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
