[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #2933: Drop ping servers that systematically fail from the ping list (was: Show messages from weblogUpdates.ping/extendedPing)

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#2933: Drop ping servers that systematically fail from the ping list
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 Reporter:  c960657      |       Owner:  anonymous                                       
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                                             
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  2.8                                             
Component:  XML-RPC      |     Version:  2.8                                             
 Severity:  major        |    Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-testing dev-feedback
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Changes (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

  * priority:  normal => high
  * severity:  normal => major
  * version:  => 2.8
  * milestone:  Future Release => 2.8


Comment:

 +1 to this idea.

 Apart from the obvious issue for those who actually run ping servers, a
 patch that trims the ping list when a server systematically rejects would
 also do the users some good. I've seen fair amounts of hosts complaining
 about sites that hogged too much resources, not to mention the occasional
 out of memory errors when cron is doing its stuff. And most of the time it
 so happens to be a ludicrously long ping list.

 Patch might need an update, but as you highlight there isn't much point in
 rewriting it if no dev is willing to commit the thing. Bringing the ticket
 down to 2.8, and changing its title, to make it more likely that a core
 dev bumps into it.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2933#comment:22>
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