[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5628: Plugin Trac Side-by-Side Differences Not Working

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#5628: Plugin Trac Side-by-Side Differences Not Working
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 Reporter:  rumperuu  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  low       |   Milestone:
Component:  Trac      |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:            |
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Changes (by dd32):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 This is due to some caching functionality we've added to trac.

 Trac by default is not cacheable, as every user (logged in or anonymous)
 is required to have an active cookie-based session. We've disabled that
 for logged out users, which means that anonymous users have no session
 storage.

 The inline/side-by-side toggle sets a session state, and not a URL
 parameter, which as a result of the above caching changes causes the state
 to never be set/kept.

 Logging in will resolve the issue, as then you've got a session that can
 have the preference saved in.

 I'm going to close this as `wontfix` as Trac becomes unviable for use when
 it's not cached for our purposes, and modifying that functionality /
 removing it / etc isn't going to be worth the effort for the minimal
 number of people who it will benefit.

 tl;dr: Log in, and it'll work.

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