[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6481: Fancy permalinks should be enabled on new sites

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#6481: Fancy permalinks should be enabled on new sites
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Permalinks         |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch          |     Focuses:
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Comment (by valendesigns):

 Replying to [comment:99 dd32]:
 >The user still has a choice that they can optionally make post-install,
 we're not locking them into any specific format, simply making the
 experience better out-of-the-box.

 I fully agree. This is an enhancement to the UX during installation, so
 any choices we make about default permalink structures in this ticket are
 an assumption and subjective. We're not all going to agree with each
 other, but we should be able to agree that it's a step in the right
 direction, which is away from ugly permalinks.

 > One remaining thing for this ticket is, do we rename the "Default"
 ?p=123 format on the Permalinks page? do we leave it as Default? Do we
 want to update the description text?

 Technically the default is still ugly permalinks. So any string changes
 should only be made if our new function updates the default away from the
 ?p=123 format.

 We could add a new option, like `update_option( 'uses_pretty_permalinks',
 true);`, that could be used to change the string when it's warranted and
 not assume ugly permalinks ''are'' or ''are not'' the default.

 Alternatively, we could write a more ambiguous string to cover both
 scenarios, but I would prefer two separate descriptions for clarity.

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