[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23347: Theme fallbacks for post format meta data

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#23347: Theme fallbacks for post format meta data
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 Reporter:  helen         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Post Formats  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by Otto42):

 It's a blocker in that it breaks existing content on existing sites.
 Changing pre-existing site content, in any way, is a regression and thus a
 blocker.

 Fallback output should be eliminated entirely. IMO. You can make it
 smarter all you like, but the moment somebody's actual site content
 changes from an upgrade, then the upgrade is instantly "broken", capable
 of "breaking people's sites", and roundly hailed as yet-another-failure of
 the WordPress development team.

 I would suggest reverting this entirely and marking as wontfix, unless you
 can correct it such that it does not change displayed content on existing
 sites. If you want to handle new-sites with old-themes, that's fine, but
 you can't just flat out break pre-existing sites willy-nilly like this.

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