Title: We may need another minor MU release due… Author: Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) Published: February 2, 2010 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/donncha/) [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/donncha/) 5:47 pm _on_ February 2, 2010 Tags: WordPress MU    # We may need another minor MU release due… We may need another minor MU release due to some outstanding bugs. [12082](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12082) is harder than it seems to fix because older versions [stored the attachment path](https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/1090) differently. Editing images doesn’t work in MU right now. I need to install an older MU and examine how files are stored there. There’s [the wp_die() problem](https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/16409?replies=17) and this WP_DEBUG ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., [12041](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12041), comes up when installing MU. That’s easy to fix. It’s a major problem because new users are seeing a PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher error when they haven’t configured their database correctly before installing. And a small curl fix somehow [escaped my attention](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12090) when merging. I’ve also given some thought to upgrading current MU sites – we’ll need a version of WordPress 3.0 that’s packaged like an MU zip file. The only real difference is the directory will be “wordpress-mu” instead of “wordpress” and it’ll be hosted on mu.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) like current downloads are. 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And oddly enough if a user’s db password is 6 characters or less, it also dies. 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85644137045068e7985924d50f6ad1030be22252fa8692484546c8c8fa4e1d10? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Donncha](http://ocaoimh.ie/) 1:06 pm _on_ February 9, 2010 * I couldn’t replicate that. I tried installing with a 5 character password and it worked fine. Maybe a permissions problem? 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ea8d34005a887f899b2d3625d907c1bece7af18c4e95fc4207832a2905aed57? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. arena 9:32 pm _on_ February 2, 2010 7. Is there any bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. when plugins defining taxonomies (register_taxonomy) while loading ? 8. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/23afb25faac780cb6ec9533b2ac9e5daedf7a1faf444b41db471b9529701f87e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * wpmuguru 6:48 pm _on_ February 3, 2010 * Contact your pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. author. 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fe8c4e8fd4a024b76b464ad49cf583074b296846493edb602c301ca113f894fa? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. Luke 5:48 am _on_ February 3, 2010 11. Just a little food for thought, but I took MU 2.9.1.1 and installed it today. 12. I created a couple blogs, activated a different theme for each one, and a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. or two as well. 13. I then dropped all files except .htaccess and wp-config.php, and the wp-content directory. 14. I then took the WP coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision., and plopped it right down in place, just like one would with a manual MU upgrade. (I did replace the themes in wp-content, as a note.) 15. Not a hiccup one. Went smooth as silk, as per Ron’s post here the other day, and nothing different than I’ve done hundreds of times when manually upgrading MU. 16. I then added a couple more blogs, and that went “like it normally would”. 17. Not that there probably aren’t a few minor issues laying around, but the work thus far has been very good. 18. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/629f2c5d0809baed6772437d63b4f43962392de65f7ff338a17ffc565c5ee9b4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 19. [Ryan](http://boren.nu/) 6:02 am _on_ February 3, 2010 20. 12082 is probably the same as [12044](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12044) which is fixed in WP trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running" trunk", then you are on the latest revision.. 21. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85644137045068e7985924d50f6ad1030be22252fa8692484546c8c8fa4e1d10? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Donncha](http://ocaoimh.ie/) 5:27 pm _on_ February 5, 2010 * Thanks, applied those to my test server and an upload worked just fine. Checked it into the MU 2.9 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch".. 22. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/23afb25faac780cb6ec9533b2ac9e5daedf7a1faf444b41db471b9529701f87e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 23. wpmuguru 7:03 pm _on_ February 3, 2010 24. Keep the built in upgrade server api in mind as well because until upgraded to 3.0, MU will use the MU upgrade server. 25. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1a7df76f4f6519a5618c32428b277a5c7a89798394965b67e50528ca57c1b5a8? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 26. nacin 11:37 pm _on_ February 3, 2010 27. I went through the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. WP 2.9.1 patches and came up with these that also appear absent in MU 2.9.1.1: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/12476](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/12476)– $rss->__destruct if !is_wp_error() [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11537](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11537)– switch to encodeUnsafe when falling back to Services_JSON [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/12466](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/12466)– $wpdb typos in maint/repair.php [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11502](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11502)– square buttons 28. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85644137045068e7985924d50f6ad1030be22252fa8692484546c8c8fa4e1d10? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Donncha](http://ocaoimh.ie/) 5:38 pm _on_ February 5, 2010 * Thanks Nacin. Merged those changes. 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