[MDL-33787] Invalid MIME type for GZIP compressed files and archives - Moodle Tracker

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Affected Branches:
MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE, MOODLE_26_STABLE

Moodle defines the MIME type for gzipped files as:

application/g-zip

while it should be:

*.gz => application/x-gzip

*.gzip => application/x-gzip

*.tgz => application/x-gtar

Moodle code:

moodle-19/lib/filelib.php:        'tgz'  => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip.gif'),

moodle-19/lib/filelib.php:        'gz'   => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip.gif'),

moodle-19/lib/filelib.php:        'gzip' => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip.gif'),

moodle-20/lib/filelib.php:        'tgz'  => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-20/lib/filelib.php:        'gz'   => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-20/lib/filelib.php:        'gzip' => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-20/mod/resource/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip');    // binary formats

moodle-20/mod/url/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip',     // binary formats

moodle-21/lib/filelib.php:        'tgz'  => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-21/lib/filelib.php:        'gz'   => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-21/lib/filelib.php:        'gzip' => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-21/mod/resource/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip');    // binary formats

moodle-21/mod/url/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip',     // binary formats

moodle-22/lib/filelib.php:        'tgz'  => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-22/lib/filelib.php:        'gz'   => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-22/lib/filelib.php:        'gzip' => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip'),

moodle-22/mod/resource/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip');    // binary formats

moodle-22/mod/url/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip',     // binary formats

moodle-master/lib/filelib.php:        'tgz'  => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip', 'groups'=>array('archive'), 'string'=>'archive'),

moodle-master/lib/filelib.php:        'gz'   => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip', 'groups'=>array('archive'), 'string'=>'archive'),

moodle-master/lib/filelib.php:        'gzip' => array ('type'=>'application/g-zip', 'icon'=>'zip', 'groups'=>array('archive'), 'string'=>'archive'),

moodle-master/mod/url/locallib.php:    static $download = array('application/zip', 'application/x-tar', 'application/g-zip',     // binary formats

Refs:

has a non-specific relationship to

MDL-38495 'application/octet-stream' as the default MIME type

has been marked as being related by

MDL-35282 Moodle 2.3 Treats Pub files as Word files (sets as Word MIME Type)

is blocked by

MDL-49466 Policy: What to do about new mimetype requests

Participants:: Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Marina Glancy, Matteo Scaramuccia, Matt Porritt, Michael de Raadt

Component watchers:: Matteo Scaramuccia, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo