[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37923: Introduce shared wp_blogmeta database table for multisite installation

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#37923: Introduce shared wp_blogmeta database table for multisite installation
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 Reporter:  johnjamesjacoby                     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Networks and Sites                  |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch dev-feedback  |  Resolution:
                                                |     Focuses:  multisite
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Comment (by johnjamesjacoby):

 Another caveat: core's existing `_site_transient()` functions make
 `_site_meta()` function names confusing.

 Yes... we all pretty much understand functions with `_site_` in their name
 could mean blogs or networks, not pointing at the same object or database
 table. But transients, meta, and options traditionally are saved in the
 same place, and if we introduce a `_blogmeta` database table, it's
 plausible we might want `_blog_transient()` functions also.

 * Do we want `_blog_meta()` functions instead, to match the `_blogmeta`
 table?
 * Do we want to easily enable transients to exist in `_blogmeta` vs (or in
 addition to) `_options`?
 * My plugin uses `_blog_` for function names instead of `_site_` and I'd
 like to update it to whatever direction we think is best for WordPress
 core going forward, before adoption rises and backwards compatibility
 becomes a concern.
 * Should we add a `wp_` prefix to any new transient functions, to allow
 both site & network transients? Then we could deprecate the old
 `_site_transient()` functions with new `wp_*_network_transient()` ones?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37923#comment:28>
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