[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24642: readme.html in core download does not warn about >2 version upgrades

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#24642: readme.html in core download does not warn about  >2 version upgrades
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 Reporter:  esmi          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Text Changes  |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * keywords:   => close
 * version:  trunk => 2.7


Comment:

 Strongly disagree with this. If a database is getting damaged going seven
 releases, it was going to get damaged going one release too. Or, there is
 a single very bad five-or-six-year-old bug that no one has ever fixed, or
 reported. Our database upgrade routines are often very light, especially
 since 2.8. In fact there was/is no DB upgrade at all for 3.1, 3.2, and
 3.6; and the upgrade routines for 2.9 and 3.0 were incredibly light. The
 routines for 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 all "did things" but nothing that should
 cause complete database corruption, even if run all together at once.

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