On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:55 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > * How many existing uploads, used on the wikis, were previously > wrongly rotated and were fixed by the feature? > * How many existing uploads, used on the wikis, were previously > correctly rotated and were messed up by the feature?
As far as I understand the issue, and others can jump and correct me if I'm getting it wrong: Technically, nothing was "messed up" by the feature. Rather, the software previously did not take EXIF rotation into account, and some images had incorrect EXIF rotation information to begin with. Those images are now shown in an incorrect rotation to the user, because the incorrect EXIF rotation info is being evaluated. It's important to understand this, because it means that those images have been causing problems for re-users all along. If you open those images with modern image editing/viewing software, they will either be automatically rotated, or you'll be prompted by the software whether to apply the rotation noted in the EXIF tag. The situation has been significantly exacerbated by a recent need to purge old thumbnails to free up diskspace. So, while the cleanup that's happening now is very frustrating (and I definitely agree we could have anticipated and communicated this better), it's a cleanup that's long overdue. (Either by stripping EXIF info from files altogether, or by ensuring that the rotation of the image matches the one in the metadata.) Is there more that we can do at the present time to help? Thanks, Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
