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A suggestion for a default global extension for the Miraheze farm
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NativeSvgHandler

This extension would be useful as a fallback, if, for any reason, the SVG rendering backend software fails, this will provide SVG rendering support via the browser of the users instead, a feature all modern browsers released over the past 15 years should support. It has no security risks, can be removed safely at any time, and is merely recommended as a failsafe extension in case of backend SVG failure for any reason.

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Arcane21 created this task.Jul 11 2021, 01:57
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Unknown Object (User) added a comment.Jul 11 2021, 02:14

We used to have this installed globally (before my time) and it seems like it was removed due to some issues with it.

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Reception123 triaged this task as Normal priority.Jul 11 2021, 06:22
Unknown Object (User) moved this task from Backlog to Security Review Needed on the Extensions board.Jul 11 2021, 09:58
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Void subscribed.Jul 11 2021, 18:04

According to upstream, the bug in T1404 appears to still be present. Enabling this extension globally is therefore very likely to cause rendering inconsistencies in VisualEditor.

Arcane21 added a comment.Jul 11 2021, 21:40

That I did not know. Guess this should be tabled until that changes then.

RhinosF1 closed this task as Declined.Jul 11 2021, 21:44
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Per above