[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:  General       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Replying to [comment:4 esmi]:
 > >esmi, isn't it correct that the people that come to the forums are the
 ones with the problems so it is hard to estimate what percentage it is
 from the overall upgrades?
 > Absolutely! But some of these users are actually reading the readme.html
 file (hooray!) and trying to carry out massive 7-version upgrades in a
 single step. And failing catastrophically Why would a note that points to
 the relevant Codex page be such a big problem?.

 I just don't think it really solves anything. If the software suggests to
 do a one step upgrade then why should a user question it? and if I'm
 running 2.8 how exactly am I supposed to know that 3.0 is not the next
 version? I will guess that most users don't know what is the version
 numbering scheme of wordpress so they can't know across how many major
 versions they are upgrading (aside - what is exactly major version, is
 2.8.1 is major? how do someone know that 3.x are all major versions and
 not minor?)

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