Should we allow images to load from the web / http
Migrating a request from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/723627
Request
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Load images that reference an online resource, e.g.
<image fill="#000" width="29" height="22" xlink:href="https://www.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chf=bg,s,FFFFFF00&chco=000000&chl=%5Cbar%7BK%5E%2B%7D"></image>
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example files: web.svg from launchpad issue, inkweb.svg
What happened?
Currently, the images of the letters fail to load from online (failing in URI::getContents
)
What should have happened?
- I'm not sure if it is a good idea, but this is a request to render these image tags
Note: images currently DO display correctly in Inkscape 1.1.1 (3bf5ae0d25, 2021-09-20) flatpak, and the latest appimages. Other successful tests: Inkscape 1.2-dev (236a794e2a, 2022-01-13) and Inkscape 1.0.2/1.0.1 appimages. I notice older appimages of 1.0.x failed (the older appimages used dependencies from Ubuntu 18.04, while the newer ones used Ubuntu 20.04).
Might be related to #3634