[MDL-55751] Remove the CSS chunker from Moodle - Moodle Tracker

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Testing Instructions:
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check if there are no chunked files created, best tested on a local dev installation of Moodle.

Login as admin

Navigate to Site Administration -> Development -> Purge caches

Click purge all caches

Reload the page

Access the moodledata folder configured in your Moodle config.php

Browse to folder temp/theme/boost

Verify this folder has a newly created all.css file

Verify this folder has no newly created all.0.css, all.1.css or all.3.css files. It is okay if the files were there already.
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check if there are no chunked files created, best tested on a local dev installation of Moodle. Login as admin Navigate to Site Administration -> Development -> Purge caches Click purge all caches Reload the page Access the moodledata folder configured in your Moodle config.php Browse to folder temp/theme/boost Verify this folder has a newly created all.css file Verify this folder has no newly created all.0.css, all.1.css or all.3.css files. It is okay if the files were there already.
Affected Branches:
MOODLE_32_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_38_STABLE
Epic Link:
Boost follow ups
Pull from Repository:
git://github.com/bmbrands/moodle.git
Pull Master Branch:
~~MDL-55751~~-master
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://github.com/bmbrands/moodle/compare/a672f021ea...MDL-55751-master

The CSS chunker is a work around a browser bug and a symptom of our own CSS sickness in Moodle.

If we drop support for old IE versions we can drop the chunker and simplify our CSS serving code greatly.

caused a regression

MDL-67348 Performance regression in css delivery

is blocked by

MDL-55750 Update supported browsers list for 3.2 release

Participants:: Bas Brands, Carlos Escobedo, CiBoT, Damyon Wiese, Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)

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