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

[Jigal van Hemert]

Martin Kutschker wrote:
> 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>

Sounds great ;-) Maybe we should sign this petition [1] too?

>> 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.

Okay, that would be a valid reason for me :-)

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 So +1 from me for removing the ancient and outdated (for years!)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

+1 for easier maintenance.

[1] http://www.saveie6.com/index.php

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