[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3381: Edit the letter to hosts and associated info to not be confusing/vague/misleading

[Making WordPress.org]

#3381: Edit the letter to hosts and associated info to not be
confusing/vague/misleading
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 Reporter:  DavidAnderson  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:
Component:  General        |   Keywords:
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 https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

 Some parts of this page is somewhat confusing, at best.

 "We recommend Apache or Nginx as the most robust and featureful server for
 running WordPress".... but in the letter to a potential host, it
 recommends that you ask for "The mod_rewrite Apache module". So it implies
 that Nginx is a second-best option (but then
 https://wordpress.org/hosting/ recommends a Nginx-based host... and
 wordpress.org runs on Nginx).

 The whole statement "We recommend Apache or Nginx as the most robust and
 featureful server for running WordPress" is hard to justify. Ability for a
 user-created/user-controlled .htaccess is about the only user-visible
 difference possible the two AFAIK, and in that regard, there's no
 differentiation between Nginx and other webservers (e.g. lighttpd). The
 will scare people off other webservers, but for no real reason. e.g. Is it
 in the area of being "robust" or "featureful" that lighttpd or Cherokee
 users are going to suffer? I don't think it's really either.

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