[wp-testers] Editing Plugin files in 2.8

[Peter Westwood]

On 3 Apr 2009, at 03:46, Silverstein, Jesse wrote:

> If this change goes in, it makes sense to include a slew of  
> extensions that cannot be edited in a text editor, but might be  
> included in a plugin:
> $exlude = array("gif", "jpg", "png", "bmp", "swf", "flv", "mp3",  
> "wav" /* others */);

It may make more sense to whitelist rather than blacklist here.

It is going to be easier to define a set of safe file extensions than  
try and list all the unsafe ones.

Could someone raise a trac ticket (and write a patch if so inclined ;-))

westi
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