Re: [svgwg] A separate MIME type for svgz files is needed (#701)

The SVG Working Group just discussed `A separate MIME type for svgz files is needed`.

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&lt;krit> topic: A separate MIME type for svgz files is needed<br>
&lt;krit> GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/701<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: there is a content type and a content encoding<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: I remember ppl had mime types for svg+gzip<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: over time it got clarified and the SVG spec is the way it is<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: there also was a desire to do compression for the server since it was uncommon to zip dynamically.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: if we change the mime type now, svgz would stop working.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: I think the original commenter is wrong<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: Maybe I can give the issue creator give the history and maybe it convinces him<br>
&lt;krit> myles: how can applications differ between the 2 types today?<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: I think implementations just look at the first bytes.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: In moder use you just drop an SVG file on the server and the server will do the compression on the fly.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: we were competing with flash and it was important to have small files.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: but having a separate mime type might never fly.<br>
&lt;krit> chris_: of course I can argue against having 2 types sharing the same mime type but that is history.<br>
&lt;krit> krit: chris_ will reply on the thread and we will pick it up again if there is a negative response.<br>
&lt;krit> trackbot, end telcon<br>
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