[wp-forums] Preping Forums for 2.0 Release

[Matt Mullenweg]

Vicki Frei wrote:
> Well, I can see you wouldn't make major changes on the eve of release, 
> but I'm never going to be happy about writable ANYTHING on my servers.  
> If asked, I will simply state my own preferences and let it go at that.

Something being writable has nothing to do with security or permissions 
directly. "Writable" under a cgi enviroment like 
yahoo/textdrive/dreamhost means ONLY that user has access to write the 
files. Under mod_php it means the webserver needs access, which 
generally means 766 or above.

> As long as I don't HAVE to do it.... and I don't, I use phpMyAdmin, I 
> don't need wordpress to hold my hand for backups.

Then don't activate the plugin and don't use it.

> So what was this in aid of anyway?  Why does wp NEED a backup utility 
> resident?

This was pretty widely discussed, there was a call for recommended 
plugins. Skippy's seemed like a no-brainer, especially since built-in 
backup hasn't made it into the core yet and the plugin is so widely 
tested from the backup week days.

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