[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33741: Remove references to my-hacks.php and the hack_file option

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#33741: Remove references to my-hacks.php and the hack_file option
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 Reporter:  bobbingwide   |       Owner:  jorbin
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 @nacin a make post was published minutes after this change went in.
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/09/18/my-hacks-php-no-longer-
 supported/

 I don't think it's the CPU cycles gain that is important here, but instead
 it is the removal of code and thus resulting simplification of the plugins
 loading code. my-hacks.php has been an edge case for a number of years and
 the elimination of that edge case helps the code be clean, lean and mean.

 10 years of deprecation seems like enough warning.  Do you happen to know
 the previous ticket when removal was attempted? I couldn't find it when
 searching through trac.  I would also be interested in the VaultPress
 stats to see if that number has changed.  Additionally, I asked @DH-
 Shredder to look into the stats on his end.  Perhaps @mikehansenme would
 also want to take a look or any of the other hosts as well.

 One proposal on the make blog was to attempt to move my-hacks.php to mu-
 plugins on upgrade. I would be support a patch that did that.

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