[TYPO3-core] RFC #14441: Drop support for GDlib 1.x

[Martin Kutschker]

Jigal van Hemert schrieb:
> 
> I'm not suggesting to use GD1, but maybe there are hosting providers out
> there who still only have GD1 and if we can still support it by not
> modifying anything then I'd say: why not?

<irony>Then why are we not sticking to PHP 4?</irony>

> I don't think image creation will be faster (at least it will not be
> possible to measure the difference) if GD1 support is removed.

Probably not. But the image creation is messy enough. No GD1 support means easier maintenance.

So +1 from me for removing the ancient and outdated (for years!) stuff.

Masi