Other Upload Types [was Re: [wp-hackers] svn / upload.php]

[Pete Prodoehl]

Andy Skelton wrote:
> The upload interface on the post screen is for files that are meant to
> be attached to posts. Each file so uploaded gets recorded in wp-posts
> and becomes the object of a new post, technically called a "subpost,"
> so that it can have its own title, description and comments. While
> support for many mime types will be added, it was never meant as a
> method for uploading unblogged files to your server.

Then why was it developed and released with such functionality?

Time for an 'Upload Unsupported File' plugin?

Pete