[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23464: WXR importer: Creating new user to import to sucks, should be fixed or removed

[WordPress Trac]

#23464: WXR importer: Creating new user to import to sucks, should be fixed or
removed
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 Reporter:  mark-k           |       Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  Import
  Version:                   |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:                   |
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 When importing WXR you are prompted to assign a user to which of the
 existing users the imported content will be assigned, but it is also
 possible to provide a name of a new user which will be created and the
 content then will be associated with it.

 The new user functionality sucks
 1. No email or password is required therefor the user for a while is
 missing data which is assumed to always exist for a user. In the end of
 the import there is a small notice about updating the user data, but it
 gets lost in all the output being generated during import

 2. Processing does not stop if user creation had failed (I used hebrew
 characters for user name) and the imported content is assigned to the
 current user. WTF?

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