[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31080: GUID should not always be escaped for url in feeds

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#31080: GUID should not always be escaped for url in feeds
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 Reporter:  CheeseDurger  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Feeds         |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  template      |
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 Hello,
 On the /wp-includes/feed-rss2.php template, it validates the GUID as a url
 before outputting it (through the_guid() which calls esc_url()). So far so
 good because in Wordpress, GUID are urls by default.

 However, it should not always be the case.

 Example : a website migrating from another CMS to Wordpress. Some people
 are already subscribed to the feed in the other CMS and are reading it
 through some feed reader. The GUIDs in the other CMS are phrases with
 spaces. Then migrating the website, Wordpress will strip the spaces from
 the GUIDs, the feed readers will interpret those items as new items, the
 people will see duplicate items.

 This bug might also be hidden in other feed templates.

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