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Yeah, anyone know of a list of the major features? I’ve lost track of them all, but I know the highlights are image management, embeds (woot), trash, uh…
Some things already require PHP 5, like time zone support or oEmbed. There are no plans that I know of to remove PHP 4 support in 3.0 — last I checked we still had 12% of WP installs using PHP 4.
I see more of a natural and gradual deprecation of PHP 4. We’re very much open to making new features require PHP 5 if it would be a pain to make them PHP 4 compatible.
To be clear, oEmbed doesn’t require PHP5, it’s just that XML decoding isn’t supported under PHP4 (not worth the trouble). That’s not a big deal though as most sites support JSON and we have a class that provides JSON support for PHP4.
Mark, that’s what I thought. Just a bit misleading in the post. I also agree that a gradual deprecation of PHP 4 is more likely, eventually it will run its course.
If you mean the WP-Beta-Tester plugin I believe that only deals with point release nightlies (currently states it’s a development version of 2.8.6 or that’s what it says when I just checked it on my test site anyway) and bleeding edge nightlies (2.9 rare). I don’t think you can use it to download beta builds or at least I can’t.
Beta 1 is just a particular nightly. Once a version of WordPress hits beta, it’s better to run trunk (nightlies) than the above ZIP anyway (it’s more up to date).
Alex – That’s what I thought although I did want to check it out. Just FYI: I switched the plugin back to “Bleeding edge” and auto upgraded to 2.9 beta 1 Go figure.
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Shane 5:07 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
oh yeah. Time to really kill some bugs.
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Ramoonus 8:35 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
release notes?
Alex M. (Viper007Bond) 9:42 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
Yeah, anyone know of a list of the major features? I’ve lost track of them all, but I know the highlights are image management, embeds (woot), trash, uh…
Dre Armeda 10:17 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
Alex, this what you’re looking for? http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.9
Alex M. (Viper007Bond) 10:22 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink
You mean the Codex contains helpful information about WordPress? What a novel idea!
(In short, duh, why didn’t I think to look there? lol, thanks!
)
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Ryan 11:38 am on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
Lol, this broke my site something wicked! I’ve been testing the trunk install for about a month now and am yet to find a single bug!
gillesv 2:52 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
Does the_post_image() work yet? I tried it locally but am seeing nothing?
Aaron Brazell 8:12 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
your theme would need to support it with the add_theme_support() function.
Alex M. (Viper007Bond) 8:35 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
Example: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/12133
Although the post images are meant to be used outside of the content area.
Ryan 2:58 pm on November 16, 2009 Permalink |
http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/10/16/wordpress-2-9-features
http://technosailor.com/2009/11/11/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9/
Matt 7:10 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink |
Aaron’s has a few things that aren’t actually new.
Dre Armeda 7:27 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Aaron also listed that the PHP5 requirement is coming in 3.0, I thought that wasn’t set in stone?
Mark Jaquith 7:39 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Some things already require PHP 5, like time zone support or oEmbed. There are no plans that I know of to remove PHP 4 support in 3.0 — last I checked we still had 12% of WP installs using PHP 4.
I see more of a natural and gradual deprecation of PHP 4. We’re very much open to making new features require PHP 5 if it would be a pain to make them PHP 4 compatible.
Alex M. (Viper007Bond) 7:43 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
To be clear, oEmbed doesn’t require PHP5, it’s just that XML decoding isn’t supported under PHP4 (not worth the trouble). That’s not a big deal though as most sites support JSON and we have a class that provides JSON support for PHP4.
Dre Armeda 8:32 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Mark, that’s what I thought. Just a bit misleading in the post. I also agree that a gradual deprecation of PHP 4 is more likely, eventually it will run its course.
Matt 10:18 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Correct, there are no plans to change the minimum requirements.
Aaron Brazell 2:02 am on November 18, 2009 Permalink
I will update the post. Mark already corrected me and I acknowledged in comments. Just haven’t had a chance to update.
Dre Armeda 6:48 pm on November 18, 2009 Permalink
Aaron, great post by the way!
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Ajay 6:19 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink |
I can’t download it using the plugin
Kirk M 9:23 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink |
If you mean the WP-Beta-Tester plugin I believe that only deals with point release nightlies (currently states it’s a development version of 2.8.6 or that’s what it says when I just checked it on my test site anyway) and bleeding edge nightlies (2.9 rare). I don’t think you can use it to download beta builds or at least I can’t.
Alex M. (Viper007Bond) 9:24 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Beta 1 is just a particular nightly. Once a version of WordPress hits beta, it’s better to run trunk (nightlies) than the above ZIP anyway (it’s more up to date).
Kirk M 9:32 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink |
Alex – That’s what I thought although I did want to check it out. Just FYI: I switched the plugin back to “Bleeding edge” and auto upgraded to 2.9 beta 1
Go figure.
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Kirk M 4:19 pm on November 18, 2009 Permalink |
Mark – Just to avoid confusion, the “version.php” file in the .zip file for 2.9 beta 1 shows as “2.9 (rare)” and not “2.9 beta 1″. Some testers are being thrown off by this as this. Was this intentional or just something that was missed?
WordPress and PHP 5: Be the Change You Want to See | Technosailor.com 6:47 pm on November 18, 2009 Permalink |
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