[wpmu-trac] [WordPress MU Trac] #639: http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/540 rescurrected

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#639: http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/540 rescurrected
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 Reporter:  tony.strauss  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:          
Component:  component1    |     Version:  2.0     
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:          
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 http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/540

 I know that this was closed, but I would like to argue for it being fixed.
 This bug is quite pernicious because:[[BR]][[BR]]

 1.) It silently breaks plugins, giving users no error message or any
 reason for why their plugin is breaking.[[BR]]

 2.) Plugin authors appear not to be aware of this issue.  See
 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ for an example of a
 "broken" plugin (broken in that it stores some things in a 'files'
 subdirectory).[[BR]]

 3.) It can take hours to debug this problem.[[BR]]

 4.) The only fixes are to:[[BR]]

 a.) Patch the local htaccess file, which is undesirable since this will be
 overwritten on upgrades (not to mention tricky to get right).[[BR]]

 b.) Patch the local plugin (and ask the plugin maintainers to change the
 plugin permanently)

 I think that the root cause, the broken htaccess rule, must be fixed.

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