[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38530: Uploading a 512x512 site icon creates a "cropped" duplicate in media library

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#38530: Uploading a 512x512 site icon creates a "cropped" duplicate in media
library
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 Reporter:  adamkheckler  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Customize     |     Version:  4.6.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mdgl):

 Confirmed. I have noticed this before and find the behaviour rather
 annoying!  Having read #33011 I got the impression it might be
 intentional, but I don't understand the reason why we need to duplicate
 the media item in this manner.  Yes, we might be pre-generating more image
 file "sizes", but as far as I can see these shouldn't conflict with other
 uses of the image.  In any case, this image file generation is really just
 a performance optimisation that WordPress should be able to manage
 automatically in the background and without making it visible to the user
 by duplicating the media item.

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