[wp-xmlrpc] WordPress 2.8 released, XML-RPC and AtomPub changes

[Joseph Scott]

With WordPress 2.8 now released here are the XML-RPC and AtomPub  
changes since 2.7.1:

http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-xml-rpc-and-atompub-changes/


XML-RPC
	• Fixed wp.getUsersBlogs and blogger.getUsersBlogs to return the  
correct value for the ‘xmlrpc’ field when WordPress is installed in  
separate directory ( ticket #9516 )
	• Authentication is filterable now, allowing for alternative  
authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket#8941 and #8938 )
	• Provide sticky status of posts via ’sticky’ field in  
metaWeblog.newPost / metaWeblog.editPost / metaWeblog.getPost ( ticket  
#8777 )
	• Don’t duplicate post enclosures ( ticket #7773 )
AtomPub
	• Always use filterable authentication, allowing for alternative  
authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket#9320 and #8938 )
	• Update image captions (summary) correctly ( ticket #9148 )
	• Hooks for extending AtomPub ( ticket #8827 )
	• Fix file upload updates and image processing when uploading an  
image ( ticket #9233 )
	• Provide the correct edit URL for images ( ticket #9147 )

A big thank you to everyone who submitted tickets and patches. With  
2.8 out the door now is the time to bring up new features for  
WordPress 2.9. If you’ve got a patch for a new feature, even better!  
Go submit a ticket at http://core.trac.wordpress.org/.

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Joseph Scott
joseph at josephscott.org
http://josephscott.org/