[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11466: Add a server diagnosis on tools / upgrade

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#11466: Add a server diagnosis on tools / upgrade
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  3.0
Component:  Administration     |     Version:     
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:     
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Description changed by Denis-de-Bernardy:

Old description:

> This is following up on a couple of recent discussions in trac, and one
> on the phone with hakre. Basically, we should add some kind of diagnosis
> tool towards the top of Tools / Upgrade.
>
> Specifically, we should highlight the latest know version of
> Apache/PHP/MySQL at release time vs the ones on the server, and prompt
> users to bug their host to upgrade when they're up to date.
>
> We should additionally highlight a few things that slow down and/or are
> know to occasionally cause problems with WP or plugins, such as:
>
>  - safe_mode on (deprecated in PHP6)
>  - magic quotes on (deprecated in PHP6)
>  - no mod_rewrite (unless it's IIS, obviously)
>  - no mod_deflate (see #10365)
>  - whatever else we think is an annoyance

New description:

 This is following up on a couple of recent discussions in trac, and one on
 the phone with hakre. Basically, we should add some kind of diagnosis tool
 towards the top of Tools / Upgrade.

 Specifically, we should highlight the latest know version of
 Apache/PHP/MySQL at release time vs the ones on the server, and prompt
 users to bug their host to upgrade when they're not up to date.

 We should additionally highlight a few things that slow down and/or are
 know to occasionally cause problems with WP or plugins, such as:

  - safe_mode on (deprecated in PHP6)
  - magic quotes on (deprecated in PHP6)
  - no mod_rewrite (unless it's IIS, obviously)
  - no mod_deflate (see #10365)
  - whatever else we think is an annoyance

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