[wp-testers] WordPress 3.0.2

[Dre Armeda]

Trent,

Did you see what the release was about?

There was a security event that prompted a quick patch to ensure the 
risk of exploitation was minimized. With that being said, does it make 
sense to hold the update until everyone is notified?

The dev cycle for WordPress is pretty damn good if you ask me, and 
seeing the quick response and action taken to minimize damage from a 
zero day attack is pretty awesome.

Just my 2 cents.

Dre Armeda

On 12/2/10 10:55 AM, Trent Martin wrote:
> Wow, it would be nice for us plugin developers if you guys would give us
> even a few days advance notice on these things, especially considering your
> record of breaking plugins and themes with your updates.
>
> The problem is that when people see the "Please update now" notice on their
> dashboard, and you call it a mandatory update, of course they are going to
> update. But with no advance notice, that means that no plugins or themes
> have even been tested with the update. As far as I can tell, there was also
> no public beta testing for this either, are you just hoping everything will
> work? Even your e-mail announcement to the wp-testers list came a day after
> the actual release.
>
> With tens of thousands of plugins and themes used by millions of people, you
> really need to better consider the impact of your releases. It's hard enough
> keeping compatible with each update, but you make it so much harder when we
> suddenly open our e-mail to find a flood of support requests because of a
> surprise WordPress release. We had to drop everything yesterday to update
> all our test sites, scramble though our full test procedures, and respond to
> all the support requests telling people our plugins are still compatible.
>
> Perhaps you need to put a disclaimer on releases that no plugin or theme
> developers were previously aware of it and nothing has been tested yet so
> install at your own risk.
>
> If there is a better way to keep on top of upcoming releases that I am just
> missing, please let me know. And yeah maybe this release was relatively
> minor but there is rarely a WordPress release that doesn't affect many
> plugins one way or another.
>
> Are there any other plugin and theme developers out there who agree?
>
>
> TM
>
>
>
> As most of you know, WordPress 3.0.2 was released Tuesday. This is a
> mandatory security release for all previous WordPress versions.
>
> Those wishing to continue to test the 3.1 Beta, please note that the
> currently nightly build (3.1-beta1-16642) contains the fixes that were
> included in 3.0.2.
>
> I'd advise you to update your plugin compatibility as appropriate. Plugins
> should be unaffected by this release.
>
> Here's a summary of the changes:
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2
>
> Thanks,
> Nacin
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