[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11536: Rotate image buttons don't show up on PHP installs without imagerotate()

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#11536: Rotate image buttons don't show up on PHP installs without imagerotate()
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 Reporter:  husky         |       Owner:                               
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                          
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.9.1                        
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  2.9                          
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  rotate imagerotate image-edit
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Comment(by husky):

 Replying to [comment:3 Denis-de-Bernardy]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 nacin]:
 > > Replying to [comment:1 miqrogroove]:
 > > > A better solution is to totally disable image editing on any host
 that doesn't support the full feature set, with an appropriate message.
 If you want that feature, you have to install it.  Period.
 > >
 > > Wow. No. WordPress should not cripple an entire feature just because
 one component cannot be supported.
 >
 > I'd lean towards miqrogroove's idea, myself: if the host sucks, user
 should be told it does, and user should get the feeling that it really
 does.

 This isn't a 'host sucks' problem. From what i've heard, the problem is
 that Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) shipped the standard GD library instead of the
 PHP one, which didn't include imagerotate(). It doesn't help that Hardy is
 one of the most widely used Linux distributions for LAMP servers. If an
 alternative to imagerotate() doesn't suck up much resources it might be
 viable.

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