WP_Query post__not_in parameter ignored for sticky posts

[tidywebdev]

If you specify an array of post IDs for the postnot_in parameter when doing a custom query using a WP_Query object, the posts will still be returned if they are sticky.

The only way to avoid this is to also include the caller_get_posts=1 parameter, which stops the sticky posts appearing at the top of the post list, thus losing some of the sticky functionality.

This seems to have been fixed in 2.9.

not fixed in wp 2.9.2

the behavior is:
if we have some sticky posts then set post__not_in parameter with one or two or more sticky post ID, instead excluding them from posts, it only changes the order of sticky posts.

(In [14217]) Ignore sticky posts which the current user cannot read, Ignore sticky posts which have been explicitly excluded with 'postnot_in'. Fixes #11197

(In [14245]) The read_post cap cannot be checked for sticky posts because not logged in users don't have any caps. see #11197