Michael E. Hancock wrote: > Interestingly, just after the 2.0 release, Mr. Sharma wrote > http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Carthik/Five_Step_Upgrade that recommends > deactivating plugins but overwriting files. > > Can we come to a consensus about this (i.e. deactivating plugins and > deleting files)? >
I don't see how it can happen. Deactivating and deleting takes longer but is reliable. Deactivating and overwriting does cause problems. And deactivating plugins makes not a jot of difference unless the actual function call is wrapped. It's too big an issue now - so all instructions must take into account the needs of the person. And bear in mind that the people are more likely to be reading these things are the ones that need to know the most and the most reliable. Step 1-2-3 may not fit with the '5 minute install' but then people have got nothing to lose there have they ? In the end though, if WP could, after being uploaded, deactivate everything, delete or at least checksum each new file and rectify then, and then do something about plugin code it would be approaching something close to the upgrade nirvana. As it stands: Write one decent document and that helps far more people than brief instructions and it also saves forum traffic. And it's not exactly tricky to write. P. _______________________________________________ wp-docs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs
