[wp-testers] Trunk rev 4215

Lloyd D Budd lloydomattic at gmail.com
Mon Sep 25 16:53:16 GMT 2006


On 9/25/06, Stefano <steagl at people.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:26:20 -0400, "Robert Deaton"
> <false.hopes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On 9/25/06, Stefano <steagl at people.it> wrote:
> >> Having it included in WP distro made people use it and beeing view not
> >> as a plugin, but as a WP feature, removing it without an alternative
> >> solution leave end users wondering why... <snip>
> >
> >This is what the XML Export that you now have under your Manage tab is for.
>
> As doug Stewart said:
>
> |Read the commit log - it's been a security nightmare and the new XML
> |export does largely the same thing. Still need to be able to schedule
> |an XML dump, though....
>
> XML doesn't backup all right? Or I'm missing something? XML doesnt
> backup additional table that plugins made right? XML can't be
> scheduled and result can't be mailed right?
>
> I'm wrong if I say this is only a partial replacement and not a really
> alternative solution?

The version in developer (2.1) is just that, in developer. If this
functionality is a priority, then this is an opportunity to
demonstrate that by contributing. Having duplicate functionality is
not good for developing (maintenance) or for the user experience.


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