We are upgrading to 1.16. One of the things we would like to do is
support animated gifs. Unfortunately, there is a surfeit of information
about this issue, but nothing I have read so far gives a clear guideline
how to go about providing such support. The history of this issue is
found in at least the following places:
A Village Pump thread:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Graphics_village_pump/GIF_thread
Some bug tickets, specifically:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22041
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23063
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23063
While the first ticket is marked resolved/fixed, the latter two (which
cover the same or at least a very similar issue) are marked new. The last
entry in the 3rd bug ticket is dated 2010-05-08.
So, I wonder if anyone is able (and is willing) to supply the following
information:
+ The version of imagemagick that we should install for animated gif
support.
+ Whether 1.16.0 is sufficient for non-buggy animated gif support.
+ Is there any configuration required for animated gif support, other
than setting $wgMaxAnimatedGifArea?
+ Is there anything else we need to do to support animated gifs?
Thanks,
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-- Dan Nessett