Add FAQ entry about our attempts to remove Skia image codecs. #177947
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This pull request adds a new entry to the Impeller FAQ about the investigation into removing Skia image codecs. The new section explains that while this would reduce binary size, the effort to achieve parity with Skia's codecs in performance and reliability was found to be too significant. It links to the relevant GitHub issues for iOS and Android for further details. My review includes a suggestion to improve the readability of these links.
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| The results of our investigation are documented in | ||
| https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/144438 for removing codecs on iOS and | ||
| in https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/177863 for removing codecs on | ||
| Android. |
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| The results of our investigation are documented in | |
| https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/144438 for removing codecs on iOS and | |
| in https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/177863 for removing codecs on | |
| Android. | |
| The results of our investigation are documented in the following GitHub issues: | |
| * [#144438: removing codecs on iOS](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/144438) | |
| * [#177863: removing codecs on Android](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/177863) |
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…r#177947) Adds a FAQ entry referencing our investigations into removing Skia image codecs in flutter#144438 and flutter#177863.
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…r#177947) Adds a FAQ entry referencing our investigations into removing Skia image codecs in flutter#144438 and flutter#177863.
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Adds a FAQ entry referencing our investigations into removing Skia image codecs in #144438 and #177863.