[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8927: calling home during install

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#8927: calling home during install
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 Reporter:  jidanni       |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Optimization  |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:           
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 Gentlemen, I would like to talk about a general concept: installing a
 piece of software without it going behind your back and "calling home"
 to mother, or lighting up the modem lights by calling anywhere on the
 Internet.

 I remember when I used MS Windows, who knows what clicking "install
 this software" would do.

 Compare that to a MediaWiki install, offline, online, all the same, no
 initiating HTTP requests.

 I agree that the default install of WordPress should probably act as
 it does currently, but there should be a way to also install without
 all those attempted HTTP fetches, without having to turn off one's
 connection.

 Anyway, apparently I can one by one turn off options, to make
 WordPress "speak only when spoken to", i.e., no track/ping backs, etc.
 Also see Bug #6897: Magpie cache needs looking at.

 But there is no way to stop all the fetching right from the install.

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