[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8948: permalink redirection is too liberal

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#8948: permalink redirection is too liberal
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 Reporter:  mrmist        |       Owner:  markjaquith
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  low           |   Milestone:  2.9        
Component:  Canonical     |     Version:  2.7        
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  needs-patch
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Changes (by mrmist):

  * priority:  normal => low


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 Denis-de-Bernardy]:
 > wontfix?

 It's hardly the biggest deal in the world, but to explain the rational
 behind it, I was thinking that in a piece of software that really tries to
 give one URL to one thing, this sticks out as doing just the opposite - it
 allows many things to redirect to one place.

 Viper's cited case is perhaps understandable, but in no way can I
 understand the idea behind redirecting
 [[BR]]
 /foo/baa/
 [[BR]]
 To
 [[BR]]
 /news/barry-white/
 [[BR]]
 Which does happen, and is just random.

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