[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #2933: Show messages from weblogUpdates.ping/extendedPing

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#2933: Show messages from weblogUpdates.ping/extendedPing
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 Reporter:  c960657                              |        Owner:  anonymous   
     Type:  enhancement                          |       Status:  new         
 Priority:  normal                               |    Milestone:  2.5 (future)
Component:  XML-RPC                              |      Version:              
 Severity:  normal                               |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-testing  |  
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Comment (by c960657):

 I am sad to see that this has now been pushed to version 2.5.

 I have been writing patches, responding to comments and really trying to
 find a solution to the basic problem that everybody can agree on, but so
 far there hasn't been much response.

 Showing status messages from pings will probably not solve the spam issue,
 although one could hope that it will reduce it just a little.  Still, it
 is a simple feature that will be helpful to honest users who are using
 ping servers that have been taken out of service or are rejecting their
 pings for other reasons.  It is very unusual for a piece of software to
 silently ignore errors without notifying the user in any way.  This part
 of the patch is only a few lines of code.  I think this is pretty basic
 functionality that should be present in the core (the auto-removal feature
 probably rather belongs in an extension, though).

 However, if there is agreement among WordPress developers that WordPress
 should not show these error messages, let's just close this ticket and get
 this off the radar.  I do hope, though, that we can find a compromise that
 is acceptable to everybody.  I'd be happy to produce another patch, but
 only if there is a fair change that it will be accepted. So please let me
 know what kind of solution to the problem you'd accept.  Thanks :-)

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