[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17485: Sort Order by Date in WP Gallery resorts to order by ID

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#17485: Sort Order by Date in WP Gallery resorts to order by ID
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 Reporter:  nrajesh                |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Gallery                |     Version:  3.1.2
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  3.3-early westi-likes  |
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Changes (by westi):

 * keywords:  close => 3.3-early westi-likes
 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  worksforme =>
 * milestone:   => Future Release


Comment:

 I'm re-opening this ticket because I don't think the user experience on
 this is right for a number of reasons:

  * The UI should describe exactly what it is doing not say one thing and
 do something else - even if the two things are normally the same.
  * It is possible to add UI / logic in a plugin to modify the dates on
 attachments / set them to shooting date based on EXIF data which will then
 likely completely break this sorting method.
  * We probably should be using the EXIF data for photos to set the date to
 the date when they were taken (or make this something that is easier to
 enable in core) to make photoblogging easier.

 Therefore in my opinion we should at least relabel the UI here and
 probably completely review the way in which we treat uploaded photos with
 EXIF data.

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