wordpress-importer trunk would benefit from listing: <display name> (<username>)

[lloydbudd]

Environment

WordPress Trunk r16120 (3.1-alpha)
wordpress-importer trunk r306039

Background

WordPress Trunk r16120 (3.1-alpha) includes the author information in the export WXR v1.1 file. On wordpress-importer trunk r306039, the information is used to present the mapping information.

Current Behaviour

It looks like
Import author <display name> or map to existing user [Dropdown menu of <display name>].

Details

In a multi-author site it's not unusual for multiple contributors to have the same display name, or for authors that are no longer involved to have a shared display name.

Also, at the time the import is done during a site migration, it's not usual for the display names not to be set up yet, or for a different display name to be used.

I think the preferred format would be something like:

New Behaviour

Import author <display name> (<username>) or map to existing user [ Dropdown menu of <display name> (<username>)]

Additional Details

Relates to #15197 "WXR export/import umbrella ticket"

wordpress-importer trunk r306039 is a fantastic improvement on the current version (v2).

[duck_]

Sounds good. Will get a change in shortly.

Related #15219

[duck_]

​http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/309430

Half done as the dropdown doesn't contain both display and login name, this is a limitation of wp_dropdown_users so either its a roll our own dropdown or change in core (doubtful for 3.1 since it's an enhancement I guess).