Matt Mullenweg wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of posts similar to this: > > http://simon.sp8.org/2006/01/31/wordpress-v201/ > > "Don’t ask me how, but I wish the upgrade process was easier That comes from the code.
> didn’t involve de-activating plugins Authors need to tell people to wrap their fucntions properly. It has been posted before. It also means that the core fail more gracefuly - a theme problem right now causes a blank screen and a post to the forum for instance. > and deleting files. The 'official' instructions have never said to delete files, and have always said to overwrite. The deleting came about because of very high levels of overwriting problems. It's written to save posts. > There is a balance between being ridiculously thorough and not > overwhelming people. I think we weigh towards the latter right now. With respect Matt - the upgrade docs are as thorough because of two reasons: 1 - How the coders put it all together 2 - the people doing the upgrade I have certainly written what I have because of forum questions and far too many personal emails at these times. It's not been for fun. P. _______________________________________________ wp-docs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs
