Index: wp-includes/version.php
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--- wp-includes/version.php	(revision 3274)
+++ wp-includes/version.php	(working copy)
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 // This just holds the version number, in a separate file so we can bump it without cluttering the SVN
 
 $wp_version = '2.0-RC1';
-$wp_db_version = 3243;
+$wp_db_version = 3244;
 
 ?>
Index: wp-admin/options-writing.php
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--- wp-admin/options-writing.php	(revision 3274)
+++ wp-admin/options-writing.php	(working copy)
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><?php _e('Formatting:') ?></th>
 <td>
-<label for="rich_editing">
-<input name="rich_editing" type="checkbox" id="rich_editing" value="true" <?php checked('true', get_settings('rich_editing')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Users should use the visual rich editor by default') ?></label><br />
 <label for="use_smilies">
 <input name="use_smilies" type="checkbox" id="use_smilies" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('use_smilies')); ?> />
 <?php _e('Convert emoticons like <code>:-)</code> and <code>:-P</code> to graphics on display') ?></label><br />
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@
 
 <p class="submit">
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
-<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="default_post_edit_rows,use_smilies,rich_editing,ping_sites,mailserver_url,mailserver_port,mailserver_login,mailserver_pass,default_category,default_email_category,use_balanceTags" /> 
+<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="default_post_edit_rows,use_smilies,ping_sites,mailserver_url,mailserver_port,mailserver_login,mailserver_pass,default_category,default_email_category,use_balanceTags" /> 
 <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Update Options') ?> &raquo;" /> 
 </p>
 </form> 
Index: wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
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--- wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php	(revision 3274)
+++ wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php	(working copy)
@@ -218,11 +218,10 @@
 	add_option('use_trackback', 0);
 	// 1.6
 	add_option('default_role', 'subscriber');
-	add_option('rich_editing', 'true');
 	add_option('db_version', $wp_db_version);
 	
 	// Delete unused options
-	$unusedoptions = array ('blodotgsping_url', 'bodyterminator', 'emailtestonly', 'phoneemail_separator', 'smilies_directory', 'subjectprefix', 'use_bbcode', 'use_blodotgsping', 'use_phoneemail', 'use_quicktags', 'use_weblogsping', 'weblogs_cache_file', 'use_preview', 'use_htmltrans', 'smilies_directory', 'fileupload_allowedusers', 'use_phoneemail', 'default_post_status', 'default_post_category', 'archive_mode', 'time_difference', 'links_minadminlevel', 'links_use_adminlevels', 'links_rating_type', 'links_rating_char', 'links_rating_ignore_zero', 'links_rating_single_image', 'links_rating_image0', 'links_rating_image1', 'links_rating_image2', 'links_rating_image3', 'links_rating_image4', 'links_rating_image5', 'links_rating_image6', 'links_rating_image7', 'links_rating_image8', 'links_rating_image9', 'weblogs_cacheminutes', 'comment_allowed_tags', 'search_engine_friendly_urls', 'default_geourl_lat', 'default_geourl_lon', 'use_default_geourl', 'weblogs_xml_url', 'new_users_can_blog');
+	$unusedoptions = array ('blodotgsping_url', 'bodyterminator', 'emailtestonly', 'phoneemail_separator', 'smilies_directory', 'subjectprefix', 'use_bbcode', 'use_blodotgsping', 'use_phoneemail', 'use_quicktags', 'use_weblogsping', 'weblogs_cache_file', 'use_preview', 'use_htmltrans', 'smilies_directory', 'fileupload_allowedusers', 'use_phoneemail', 'default_post_status', 'default_post_category', 'archive_mode', 'time_difference', 'links_minadminlevel', 'links_use_adminlevels', 'links_rating_type', 'links_rating_char', 'links_rating_ignore_zero', 'links_rating_single_image', 'links_rating_image0', 'links_rating_image1', 'links_rating_image2', 'links_rating_image3', 'links_rating_image4', 'links_rating_image5', 'links_rating_image6', 'links_rating_image7', 'links_rating_image8', 'links_rating_image9', 'weblogs_cacheminutes', 'comment_allowed_tags', 'search_engine_friendly_urls', 'default_geourl_lat', 'default_geourl_lon', 'use_default_geourl', 'weblogs_xml_url', 'new_users_can_blog', 'rich_editing');
 	foreach ($unusedoptions as $option) :
 		delete_option($option);
 	endforeach;