linked image width/height are not synced - should they?

[Marcus Alanen]

A linked image has width and height XML attributes in the SVG file. However these are not synced based on changes in the linked image. I'm unsure if they should be synced.

To reproduce:
- link a PNG image of, say, width 100x100 pixels
- save svg, notice that XML says width="100" and height="100"
- change PNG file to e.g. 120x120 pixels
- load up svg
- re-save or similar
- notice that XML still says the old size.

I realize this might be intentional though, but I did not easily find any claims to the contrary.

Thanks for a nice product!

[su_v (suv-lp)]

I don't agree that this is a duplicate of bug #688658:

Bug #688658 requests a missing feature in the UI, this report however is about Inkscape not properly implementing the SVG 1.1 specification.

Related reports are:
Bug #616717 “Resized bitmap images are rendered differently by Firefox or Batik ('preserveAspectRatio' attribute not set)”
Bug #461467 “Image scale saved incorrectly”
Bug #371297 “Feature request: Do not optimize transforms on Image objects”

Proposing to link as duplicate to Bug #461467 or Bug #616717.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

My bad - please ignore my previous comment (I confused two recently filed reports without properly checking the details).

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Underlying issue probably related to
Bug #371297 “Feature request: Do not optimize transforms on Image objects”