[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8885: get_posts() should default orderby post_date_gmt

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#8885: get_posts() should default orderby post_date_gmt
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 Reporter:  caorongjin                           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Query                                |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  2.7
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests schema-   |  Resolution:
  change needs-refresh                           |     Focuses:
                                                 |  performance
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Comment (by peterwilsoncc):

 I'm going to close this off, `wp_posts->post_date_gmt` isn't indexed and
 the change has the potential to cause too many backward compatibility
 problems.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8885#comment:26>
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