Re: [svgwg] SVG MIME Type (image/svg+xml) is misleading to developers

What practical effect does deprecation of `image/svg+xml` have, and 
how does it address concerns about scriptability of the format?

Given the underlying XSS problems are caused by how browsers' 
implementation of SVG, and merely changing the spec to say 
`image/svg+xml` is deprecated does nothing to change their 
implementation. Realistically, `image/svg+xml` is unlikely to ever go 
away.  Now, the question is any change can ever be made to the 
scriptability of that Content-Type, and similarly I suspect that it 
won't be plausible, which would make any deprecation or reduction in 
scope unlikely to ever be implemented.

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