[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9569: Installing over existing user table gives misleading instruction

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#9569: Installing over existing user table gives misleading instruction
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 Reporter:  coffee2code      |       Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  lowest           |   Milestone:  2.8             
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  2.8             
 Severity:  trivial          |    Keywords:  has-patch tested
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:4 coffee2code]:
 > * Have `wp_install()` return `''` instead of the "...Password
 inherited..." message as the password.  The presumption being that no
 password == inherited password.  Therefore, the "...Password inherited..."
 message could just be specified in one place (`wp-admin/install.php`) and
 not also in `wp_install()`.
 >
 > * Or if we anticipate later having other non-password responses such
 that `''` can't be assumed to mean a password was inherited, maybe return
 a WP_Error object in place of the password and check for that?

 WP_Error object seems like the one that makes the most sense. That it's
 called WP_Error might confuse whoever looks into it after, though. A
 WP_Warning comes to mind. :-D

 D.

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