[wp-testers] Incorrect Username / Incorrect Password

[Andy Skelton]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:14 AM, WP Testers List <wp-testing at mou.me.uk> wrote:
>  Something put it into my head that this would be fixed in 2.5, but I think I
>  got mixed up somewhere along the line.  Either way, it seems like a simple
>  enough change.  Any chance of penciling it in for 2.5.1?

The distinction was introduced 10/10/04:

http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1768

(Remember saxmatt?)

Removing the distinction would hurt usability. In WordPress, a
username is not a secret. In many themes it can be found by browsing.
If you are treating your username as a secret and using a weak
password... FAIL. ;-)

Cheers,
Andy