[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18841: Sites with default permalinks do not return 'robots.txt'

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#18841: Sites with default permalinks do not return 'robots.txt'
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 Reporter:  mbijon                    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Permalinks                |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  major                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion dev-feedback  |
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Comment (by mbijon):

 Based on feedback here & several other permalinks tasks, .htaccess is a
 minor landmine. Using that looks to be an overly-complicated solution.

 Instead, would anyone be opposed to the 'noindex' meta tag being used on
 all pages as an alternative to a missing robots.txt (only when the default
 permalinks are on)?

 @nacin's patch in #19251 could be extended into a simple fix for this.

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