[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20995: [20525] breaks commonly used plugin technique for network activation

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#20995: [20525] breaks commonly used plugin technique for network activation
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 Reporter:  iandunn       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Multisite     |    Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 [20525] removed $_GET[ 'networkwide' ] during activation/de-activation,
 which is commonly used by plugins to hook into the process as described in
 [http://shibashake.com/wordpress-theme/write-a-plugin-for-wordpress-multi-
 site a popular post by Shiba]. This was
 [http://wpgetready.com/2012/06/wordpress-3-4-and-multisite/ discovered and
 documented] by WPGetReady.

 Instead of being immediately removed without warning, I think it should
 have followed the standard deprecation process so that developers can have
 time to update their plugins. $_GET[ 'networkwide' ] should be re-
 introduced in 3.4.1 in a deprecated fashion, and then completely removed
 in the future.

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