[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23269: .maintenance location issue on symlinked install

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#23269: .maintenance location issue on symlinked install
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 Reporter:  WPsites          |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  Upgrade/Install
  Version:  3.5              |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:                   |
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 I've started to symlink some of our WordPress installs using a folder
 structure as follows:

 .htaccess
 index.php
 wp -> /var/www/wordpress/WordPress-latest
 wp-config.php
 wp-content

 The wp folder is a symlink to either the latest version of WordPress,
 trunk or a specific version and the WordPress core files are all read only
 by the web server (WordPress core file installs are taken care of by Chef)

 I thought creating a .maintenance file in the root or the wp-content
 folder would trigger maintenance mode but it looks like the .maintenance
 file is only detected if it lives in the same folder as the WordPress core
 files ($wp_filesystem->abspath()) which is read only so it's never going
 to be created there.

 Having a shared core codebase even if I did override the write only
 permissions and set a .maintenance file in the WordPress directory that
 would mean every single site using that codebase would go into maintenance
 mode. (which sometimes might be useful since wordpress-latest might need
 updating)

 What about having WordPress look for the .maintenance file in the
 directory above similar to what we can do with the wp-config.php file?
 This would then mean with a symlinked install and shared codebase you
 could trigger .maintenance mode for a single install or all installs using
 the codebase.

 Or relocating the .maintenance file into the wp-content folder. This is
 after all where most web servers usually have write permission and where
 created files are meant to go.

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