[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35725: Add mime-type for Webp

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#35725: Add mime-type for Webp
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 Reporter:  markoheijnen                         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Media                                |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-testing  |     Focuses:
  has-unit-tests needs-refresh                   |
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Comment (by desrosj):

 @svenwordpress I truly appreciate that you are so passionate about adding
 support for the WebP image format to WordPress Core.

 However, I want to ask that everyone please step back and consider several
 things.

 - Hopping into a ticket and commenting 17 times in just over 10 hours will
 not move anything forward, no matter how urgent the need for a fix is. In
 fact, it will most likely have the opposite affect, as many people will
 most likely just unsubscribe to updates because their email is being
 flooded.
 - This project is largely maintained by volunteers. Very few people are
 fortunate enough to be paid full-time to work on WordPress. And even the
 ones who are have a limited amount of time and resources they are able to
 contribute.
 - One of the most important elements to having a "successful" contribution
 experience is to have a constructive attitude. Yelling, getting angry,
 making passive aggressive comments, and attacking other contributors is
 not tolerated.
 - Everyone here wants to make WordPress better. It's perfectly acceptable
 (and actually preferred) for people to disagree on how to reach the same
 finish line. It helps ensure every aspect and potential outcome of a
 change is considered.
 - There are hundreds of millions of WordPress sites, and many more people
 who use WordPress in some capacity. Before such wide-reaching changes can
 be made, due diligence needs to be performed to ensure the changes would
 not make WordPress considerably "worse" for any sets of users.
 - Changes take time, especially ones that touch so many areas of
 WordPress, such as this one. See bullet point 2.
 - Many of the people chiming in on this ticket have been responsible for
 shepherding in large changes like this in the past. Their questions come
 from past experiences, and no one is trying to prevent this ticket from
 moving forward.
 - Likewise, everyone's thoughts, questions, and ideas should be
 considered, regardless of experience level. I have not seen anything here
 that makes me think this has happened, but if someone feels dismissed or
 ignored, they are welcome to DM me on Slack and we can discuss. Everyone
 is welcome, and should feel that way.

 If anyone feels that they are unable to partake in respectful
 conversations to help move this initiative forward, it is well documented
 that full WebP support can be added to a site very easily using a plugin,
 or various filters, and you are free to leave this ticket and continue
 using those methods instead. You're also free to fork WordPress and add
 Webp support to your own fork. Such is the beauty of open source.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35725#comment:52>
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