[wp-hackers] Posting still slow

[Owen Winkler]

Owen Winkler wrote:
> Wouldn't it be better to address the delay issue directly?  There is no 
> reason why the pings must take place at the same time as the posting.
> 
> We could check for a flag in the admin header, "Are there posts left to 
> ping?" and if there are, slip an extra "stylesheet" into the header that 
> loads a separate ping engine that handles all outstanding pings.

This code is written and needs testing:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1644

It should be tested to see what it does when there is more than one ping 
to send, and verify that everything is working as expected.

Owen