[wp-forums] Re version info

[Petit]

Handy wrote:
> On 9/20/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Vkaryl wrote:
>> > On 9/20/06, Handy wrote:
>> >
>> > This idea just gets my little developer beanie spinning.  An 
>> (optional)
>> > form
>> > below the new post field.  *shivers with glee*
>> >
>> > --------------------------------
>> > Please fill out as much as you can:
>> >
>> > WordPress version:  _____  (check the bottom of any Admin page)
>> > Web server:  [ ] Apache  [ ] IIS   [ ] other __________
>> > Web server version: _________
>> > OS:  [ ] *nix   [ ] windows [ ] *bsd  [ ] mac [ ] other ________
>> > PHP Version ___________
>> > MySQL Version __________
>>
>> "What's apache"
>>
>> While I think that such information could be useful to the occasional
>> person I think for most users it'll just confuse.
>> Aww, my beanie propeller is spinning down... 
>>
>> Valid concern.  I suppose
>> "Fill in as much as you can" will probably frusterate some folks to 
>> no end.
>> I just got lambasted in the forums because "not everyone is in IT
>> professional, you know."
Hmm.. figures!
>>> But what _would_ be cool is if someone could code a little script which
>>> when things get tricky we ask them to upload and run. That way they
>>> don't need to know anything or find it out - esp bearing in mind that
>>> some people just want to change links colours while others want the
>>> earth on a plate.
>> Something like ye olde phpinfo, but not quite as detailed?  With some 
>> extra
>> bits to query WP version.
>> Wonder if that would make sense as a plugin?
Probably that would make sense. Hopefully, we don't get "snippets" in 
the forum resembling
the phpinfo listings - ousch!

/Petit