[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35180: In WordPress 4.4 the_tags() is displaying tags ordered by ID instead of alphabetically by name

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#35180: In WordPress 4.4 the_tags() is displaying tags ordered by ID instead of
alphabetically by name
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 Reporter:  flodit        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.4.1
Component:  Taxonomy      |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.4.1


Comment:

 @flodit - Thanks very much for your ticket.

 @afercia - You are correct :)

 In #28922, @wonderboymusic and I agreed that order doesn't matter when
 updating the object term cache. But in retrospect, we were incorrect;
 functions like `get_the_terms()` may be relying on the order coming from
 MySQL (whether we like it or not). A possible long-term solution involves
 sorting terms in PHP within `get_the_terms()`, so that
 `update_object_term_cache()` stays lean, mean, and order-agnostic. But the
 performance implications of sorting in PHP rather than MySQL need
 exploration before dropping into a point release. For this reason, I'm
 going to revert the change from [34217] for 4.4.1.

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