[bbDev] Custom permalinks patch

[Matt Mullenweg]

Sam Bauers wrote:
> Changing the URLs this way was the first specific request I saw on the 
> forums (change "forum/1" to "forum-1"). It would mostly be handy for 
> those wanting to localise their bbPress ("/forum/1" -> "/tribuna/1" 
> etc.). It may also help some stats packages to have URLs that aren't 
> broken by slashes. The implementation as presented also gives the 
> ability to keep some permalinks as a querystring argument, which some 
> might prefer for various reasons.

I've never heard of a stats program being broken by slashes, and I don't 
find dashes to be particularly compelling as a general use case. (It 
breaks the natural hierarchy of the URIs as well.) The localization is 
very valid, but generally that sort of thing is handled in gettext, 
rather than as a configuration option.

> And specifically, I was wondering if abandoning MultiViews was against 
> the general consensus.

When I originally wrote the Multiviews stuff it was because I had just 
discovered the technique and I thought it was pretty cool, but the 
problems it causes cross-platform and lack of flexibility don't make it 
worth it. I think requiring mod_rewrite for "pretty" URIs is perfectly 
fine, and has worked with few problems in the WP camp.

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