id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
21085	Better XML-RPC media handling	markoheijnen		"In 3.4 there was a lot of improvements. For 3.5 I would like to see some major improvement in wp.uploadFile and metaWeblog.newMediaObject.

At this moment you can't insert a description, alternate text or caption. ( #5461/#18684 ). Also the file can't be attached to a post ( #13917 ).

The overwrite functionality also doesn't work ( #17604 ). Not sure why this exists since WordPress itself doesn't do this.

Also the current way isn't how WordPress does it internally. wp_handle_upload() doesn't get used (#6559).

There is also going on something wrong with mime types ( #12518 ).

Also the work from 3.4 should be implemented ( #6430 ).

Last thing is that WordPress normally also looks at the EXIF information. At this moment the XML-RPC also doesn't do that ( #18087 )

rarely related: #12493 - filter for wp_upload_bits"	enhancement	new	normal	Future Release	XML-RPC	2.3	normal		mobile 2nd-opinion	maxcutler isaackeyet marty@… ercoli@… gary@… jbernal@…