[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22303: Please parse a "vendor" file

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#22303: Please parse a "vendor" file
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 Reporter:  remicollet   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close        |
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Comment (by MikeSchinkel):

 Replying to [comment:9 scribu]:
 > Actually, to comply with their guidelines, they'd have to delete the
 bundled library, so they'd have to intercept the update process anyway, so
 that argument is moot.

 I honestly don't understand how the ''"bundled library"'' concern matters
 here either way; WordPress is not shipped as a library. What ''"bundled
 library"'' are we talking about here?  I seriously don't get how this
 applies.

 Replying to [comment:10 scribu]:
 > And, like dd32, I would never recommend users install WordPress via a
 package manager, because they're almost always out of date by one or more
 major releases.

 That's not the point.  The options as per @remicollet's comments are 1.)
 WordPress support Fedora's inclusion of WordPress or 2.) Fedora forks
 WordPress and maintains the fork which may or may not have the quality of
 WordPress core.

 So whether or not you recommend users install via a package manager is
 orthogonal to the discussion. And with the auto-notices for upgrades and
 one-click upgrades, installing an older version really becomes a moot
 point. And after the one-click upgrade the `vendor.php` file that supports
 the distro would remain.

 What is relevant is ''"Can Fedora ship a non-forked version of
 WordPress?"'' To do that Fedora needs a only tiny bit of help from
 WordPress.

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