[wp-hackers] Putting the P in WordPress

Gavin Pearce Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com
Tue Jul 6 14:42:16 UTC 2010


> I'm really not trying to be difficult! I just think this filter is a
terrible idea. 
+1 :)

_Ryan McCue
> If you're on this list, you should at least be able to do that.

Yes I know! And various people have offered a patch to fix this bug, but
Matt/Core Team reckon it isn't open to discussion. That's what people
are getting so worked up about here ...

The function is broke. It needs a fix commiting to core code. Like I
said before - end of topic as far as I'm concerned.

_ mccormicky
> Isn't that true? So how can it change filenames? Anyway why are you
using uppercase for filenames? This is stupid!

Don't know where to begin on this .... 

Firstly this filter does affect URI paths, it affects all/any content
put into the "editable" content area.

Secondly, with the filter, it would now look for a file called
"filename-WordPress.jpg" - making it capitalised whereas before it
wouldn't have been (so the filter is actually causing the capitals when
you just said you hated capitals).

Thirdly, on a Linux box there is many good reasons why to use case in
file-names, not least readability when you have several hundred files in
a folder.

Finally, what bit is stupid?

Gav


-----Original Message-----
From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
[mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Harry
Metcalfe
Sent: 06 July 2010 15:33
To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Putting the P in WordPress

I wrote a patch weeks ago to take it out. I'm really not trying to be 
difficult! I just think this filter is a terrible idea. And it's a 
little sad to witness the total lack of interest from the core team. 
This isn't how it's supposed to work, IMO.



On 06/07/10 15:17, Ryan McCue wrote:
> Matt Mullenweg wrote:
>> If someone made a better version of the function and benchmarked it
>> next to the current or some of our other formatting functions in some
>> real-world situations, that would be useful too, and add to the
>> discussion rather than the noise. I'd love to see wp-hackers return
to
>> more, well, hacking.
>>
>
> I'm staying out of the discussion apart for this reason. I'm not on
this
> list because I want to hear people bikeshedding irrelevant stuff like
> this, I'm here because I want to participate in discussions about
> hacking WordPress.
>
> Also, if the functionality is really that broken (affecting URLs,
etc),
> write a patch and fix it yourselves. If you're on this list, you
should
> at least be able to do that.
>

-- 
Harry Metcalfe
Tel: 07790 559 876
Web: http://thedextrousweb.com
Twitter: @harrym, @dextrousweb
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