[wp-hackers] WXR compatibility

[Geoffrey Sneddon]

On 15 Jun 2009, at 18:58, Beau Lebens wrote:

>> Must the WXR importer remain compatible with all possible WXR  
>> exports,
>> including those that aren't XML documents?
>
> Is it possible to convert non-XML WXR exports into valid XML on the
> fly? How bad are they?

Yeah, I guess. Seeming we have <generator> giving (WP) version, we  
should be able to do it based upon WP version. If anyone can help to  
gather together a list of bugs (only those that cause WXR to not be  
XML) affecting WP versions (up to 2.8, ones that only exist in trunk  
can be fixed at an export level) I would be grateful.

To start:

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9633
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9524
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7624
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5619 (maybe not a bug?)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4452
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4242


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