Bug 54166 – SVG should be built into a separate library and soft-linked into WebCore

• Status: CLOSED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: SVG

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

The SVG library should be built into a separate library (dylib) and soft-linked into WebCore when needed.  This would save memory on launch and only load the SVG code into memory when it's actually used.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

<rdar://problem/8981845>

[Dirk Schulze]

I would just expect a short term benefit. IE9 will release with SVG support this year. So it is just a matter of time, that you'll see embedded SVGs in more and more websites. But it is hard to make forecasts.

[Tim Horton]

I don't think we have any plans to do this - SVG is everywhere :D

Please re-open if you disagree (about the first part, the second part is non-negotiable!).

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I don't think we have any plans to do this - SVG is everywhere :D
> 
> Please re-open if you disagree (about the first part, the second part is non-negotiable!).

It would probably be too much work at this point to separate SVG support into its own library anyway.  There was a time when this would have been much easier to do in WebKit.

BTW, SVG is not "everywhere"--for example, I don't think daring fireball.net uses it--but its popularity is definitely growing.

[Dirk Schulze]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > I don't think we have any plans to do this - SVG is everywhere :D
> > 
> > Please re-open if you disagree (about the first part, the second part is non-negotiable!).
> 
> It would probably be too much work at this point to separate SVG support into its own library anyway.  There was a time when this would have been much easier to do in WebKit.
> 
> BTW, SVG is not "everywhere"--for example, I don't think daring fireball.net uses it--but its popularity is definitely growing.

Ok, there is _one_ site not using SVG :D