[wp-forums] Sending up the bat signal with needs-dev

[ipstenu at ipstenu.org]

Regarding the JSON stuff.

It's looking like we DO have a lot of hosts who compiled PHP sans JSON  
and I've hit 2 dozen reports of adding that fixing the problems.

So. There's that :/

The problem is it's not giving an 'error' per sey, just a case of no  
widgets working (which SHOULD be a plugin issue, but is not). Abigailm  
(who probably hates me for punting him/her out of the multisite  
section) has a really good write up of what happened and how it was  
fixed.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-admin-bar-and-recent-comments-widget-in-dashboard-after-upgrade?replies=4

Quoting Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com>:

> Howdy all --
>
> Thanks in advance for the onslaught of support requests and crazy people [0]
> you're about to deal with.
>
> The core devs are willing and able to jump head-first into the forums, but
> identifying those threads can be tough. Please do one or both of two things
> to get us there:
>
>   1. Tag the thread with needs-dev. I have that set up to email me.
>
>   2. Idle in #wordpress-dev and post the link. Bonus points for mentioning
> 'nacin' otherwise I may not react.
>
> Some things you might see, based on a cursory glance of issues so far:
>
>   1. If the error has to do with class-json.php, then they have a plugin
> that was doing it *really* wrong. Have them batch-deactivate. We should try
> to keep a list of plugins with this problem, as usual.
>
>   2. If a function like json_encode() or _decode() doesn't exist, then they
> have a really lame host. Depending on how many of these crop up, we're going
> to need to call some hosts (not the first time) and consider a fix in the
> eventual 3.2.1. Please alert me to ones like this.
>
>   3. If their UI doesn't work -- visual editor, any JavaScript animations or
> actions, media popup, etc -- then they have a plugin that has a JavaScript
> conflict. Since the UI is usable, get them to update all of their plugins
> first before deactivating all of them. (Disqus, for example, has a new
> version that is compatible.) The issue here is compatibility with the latest
> version of jQuery, not with WordPress. Let's keep a list of plugins +
> versions with this issue, as usual.
>
>   4. Anything else that triggers your spidey sense -- you know what to look
> for -- please get us there to weigh in.
>
>   5. You rock. Despite what anyone tells you.
>
> Thanks all.
> Nacin
>
> [0] My apologies for laughing at
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-to-v32-and-my-site-is-fucked?replies=39,
> but it was hilarious.
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