[wp-hackers] Caching in core?

[Thomas Bukowski]

On Mar 23, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Mr. Awesome wrote:

>> I agree that caching should be integrated into the core, and  
>> storing it in a db-backend is fine by me.
>>
>
> Cache is in core, but it sucks yes.. I agree. If you're proposing a  
> GOOD ASS cache for core, do it right. The default Cache sucks ass...  
> sorry, but I'm speaking bluntly on this .... Last time I tried  
> DEFAULT cache, it just messed my whole blog up... so. ... whoever is  
> proposing this stuff... think throughly.. and if you want to stand  
> toe to toe, I'll be there to kick your ass..

And, Mr. Awesome, what do you think of the idea of reimplementing the  
file-based caching as a database-backed cache? Would that be core- 
worthy?

Also, what do you mean, specifically, by "messed my whole blog up"?  
Would be good to have that in mind while coding.