[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50992: Consider removing the ability to alter the list of environment types

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#50992: Consider removing the ability to alter the list of environment types
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  5.5.1
Component:  Bootstrap/Load              |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-dev-note  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by claytoncollie):

 I agree with @joostdevalk and @johnbillion that we need a defined list of
 static environments. That is what Core is supposed to do. Set a standard
 for the entire community. If the list is able to be changed, then this
 entire set of functionality might as well not exist. One plugin will call
 it `stg` and another will call it `staging` or 'stage' or whatever else
 they want. If they are allowed to be changed, the only standardization
 that will happen is at the host level, where if your site is hosted on say
 WP Engine, they set the environment definitions for you. But what happens
 when you transfer you site to another host and they use a different set of
 terms? It is completely disjointed. This feature/list of environments is
 solving a real problem that the largest plugins and hosting providers are
 running into. Yoast, JetPack, WooCommerce. I am more than happy to follow
 their lead on this since they have built such amazing, widespread pieces
 of software. The next step for this feature, since it is so new, is proper
 education and documentation so that people are using each environment as
 intended.

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