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03/02/2024 06:31:48 PM (16 months ago)
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  • Ticket #60398, comment 96

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    11This is a critical issue. This is basic stuff. Don't expect every person on the planet to know that they can't use their Mac OS for zipping files. Zipped files are ubiquitously used in the WordPress eco-system.
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    3 I have already been unable to install several plugins due to this issue. I have had to re-archive them to install, but you're telling me Matt and his goal to make a democracy of publishing on the web would support screwing millions of end users from basic functionality because they aren't tech nerdy enough to use command line or whatev? Or even know that's a thing??? Also heard from many people in support staff of plugins who provide zips regularly as part of support.
     3I have already been unable to install several plugins due to this issue. I have had to re-archive them to install or use the filter. And I only know this because I am "in the know" and actively on social media. Any average user will be stumped and not know who to turn to and may take days to get resolved after they have perhaps chased down their web host who then tells them to talk to their plugin or theme dev.
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    5 Yeah, no. This needs fixed in a patch, not next major version. What a shit show. Sorry, tech bros, you are wrong to think the workarounds are practical for the vast majority of people in the world. That is some tech elitist bs.
     5This needs fixed in a patch, not next major version. Core team is wrong to think the workarounds are practical for the vast majority of people in the world. And that 6.5 will fix this. People will be running 6.4.3 for a long time, and the people most impacted will be end users any person providing support at any level for WP including designers, builders, web hosts, etc.
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     7This isn't just a theme and plugin developer issue. To think of it that way is very myopic. This fundamentally impacts users and will continue to impact users for a long time if not fixed in 6.4.
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     9This isn't a "new feature" to be added in a major version. This is a major bug to be patched in the major version it was introduced in.
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     12There will be so many Envato plugins and themes with incompatible archives.
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     14What is fundamentally the problem here is not understanding how the real world uses WordPress. How real people use WordPress, and how real users approach problems. And that's whom we should be concerned with in the end. Not the developers but the users.
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     16WordPress is not built solely for developers, nor are all WordPress sites built by developers. WordPress is ultimately for the users. We need to get our priorities straight.