[wp-hackers] Codex and old versions of WordPress

[Arlen Beiler]

I think we should keep the codex page about each release, or course, but
mark it as being for historical reference only.

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:01 AM, scribu <scribu at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Simon Blackbourn <piemanek at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Sections such as these appear all over the place:
> >
> >
> >
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Parameters:_WordPress_2.5_And_Older
> >
> >
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages#List_Sub-Pages(that
> > even has a section for versions prior to 2.0.1!)
> >
> > The Codex is seen as official and therefore authoritative, so these give
> > the
> > impression it's fine to still be running these old versions. Surely one
> way
> > of encouraging people to stay up to date is to remove such outdated
> > content?
> >
>
> Completely agree!
>
>
>
> > I would also propose removing the older versions from the "Select the
> > version of WordPress you are using" drop-down when you write a new post
> on
> > the support forums - currently it goes right back to 2.6.5.
> >
>
> Yeah, I think it should only go back to the "latest version - 1" (currently
> 2.9) at most.
>
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