2008/8/27 Owen Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> There is actually a danger in producing the code to support WXR since
> the only way to do it is to look at the existing WordPress source code
> and replicate it.  While it may be possible to read the code,
> internalize it, and then write new code, this runs dangerously close to
> just copying the source over from the GPL software into our ASL source.


I hadn't considered licencing issues, my bad


> Maybe WXR support is something that we should provide, but there are
> difficulties that make it less attractive to any developer looking to
> take on the task.  Personally, I think we shouldn't support such a poor
> format, and should find some other open, documented standard to implement.


The problem is that WP doesn't export to any other format... maybe as a
"quick and rather poor importer" we could simply use WP feeds to import the
content, although this would not import users nor anything from any other
plugin, but this could work for single-user blogs.

-- 
Ixai Lanzagorta Ochoa
http://www.ixaidev.com/

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