Denis de Bernardy

ureco: see the above comment. know 2.9 bug, fixed in the coming 2.9.1

@userword: see my above comment. It’s one of three known WP 2.9 bugs, which are addressed in the coming 2.9.1.

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

@ryan: “The concern was that fixing a bug that affects a small number of people could break something for a broader audience.”

If that really was his concern upon viewing the two patches, then I am simply speechless.

The first patch I added merely amounts to saying: “We’re trying to convert UTF-8 into UTF-8, so let’s just assume that it works.”

It got dismissed pending further investigation and potential security implications, which is fair enough. But then the second patch goes: “We can’t validate UTF-8 from lack of server functions, and we’re trying to convert UTF-8 into UTF-8, so let’s just assume that it works.”

Quite honestly, I think that the maintainer of SimplePie didn’t head straight to the lines in question to wonder what I was adding.

I’d also like to stress what I wrote on Westi’s blog post. It’s totally discouraging to see this kind of thing ignored.

I’m actually quite happy that I told my customers to not upgrade until 2.9.1. I felt a knot in the stomach when I did, since I was liking what I was seeing in WP 2.9, but with over 1k pending tickets in trac, I knew something like this would happen. I’d currently be full time on upgrade support if I had not done so.

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

please try this as a fix:

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

@dragonintuitive:

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

@xdesi: my own take on this is:

https://westi.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/what-should-go-into-a-wordpress-maintenance-release/#comment-13632

Westi definitely doesn’t agree, though. ??

It also helps to not use a host that enables safe_mode or open_basedir, though.

Please see:

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

Re the codex page, it certainly won’t help to add a notice.

I’m not sure it should be mentioned as an outright server requirement, though — even if it de facto has become such a thing. The committers are not very far from patching the cron issue, and I’m pretty certain thatthe SimplePie-related problems will get fixed in 2.9.1…

@jp: l’url vers mon site contient les fichiers a remplacer.

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/

https://www.semiologic.com/2009/12/21/wp-2-9-three-bugs-and-how-to-fix-them/