[wp-hackers] Caching as part of the core

[Ryann Micua]

I was curious what Almog was griping about so I checked 
http://www.kravi.org/ on Google pagespeed and the stuff he mentioned 
that aren't passing such as minification, browser caching and other 
mainly due to external files.. I'm pretty sure those aren't easily cached.

> regrular user/developer wouldn't even know about caching or relazie
> the meaning of using it
and introducing a "basic caching" function isn't going to solve this 
problem. In fact it could very well worsen it as the "basic caching" 
function could very well be the problem with some particular server 
configurations (since it can't cover all configurations as mentioned in 
previous posts) and since the regular user/developer doesn't know about it

> In the current status we damage the users by not giving them basic feature
> as a part of the core.
How are we damaging users in this case? As Otto has mentioned previously 
80% of users practically don't need caching and the only reason they'll 
*want* one is because of Google. IMO caching just to kiss Google's ass 
is a lame reason to do it. The 20% who do need caching (due to traffic) 
are probably just going to customize (or most likely disable) any 
built-in caching mechanism (if there is one) so they can add one that 
fits their server configuration.

> And the worst issue- the plugins today doesn't know how to deal with
> caching.
How did you get to this conclusion? I may not have 8 years of 
development experience but I do know that caching is not a one click 
button that can be done (as of now) automatically.


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