Gallery shortcode in conflict with NextGEN Gallery

[alexrabe]

NextGEN Gallery uses from the beginning the shortcode : [gallery=id] (​see here)

The new core gallery shortcode [gallery] gets then in conflict with existing one. I know that I can remove the code with

remove_shortcode('gallery');

but I do not like this solution. It would be better if the new wp core shortcode could renamed to [wp-gallery]
or
the regex will be optimized that [gallery=1] will not detected as WP core shortcode.

If any other solution leads to a coexistent , give me a note.

[andy]

It's easy enough to change the core shortcode. As this was Matt's naming decision, I will assign to him for an opinion.

[alexrabe]

Andy, Matt,

I would like to get any response / feedback very soon, because I would like to prepare my plugin for 2.5. You only need to make the follow decision :

a) Your plugin is not worth, that we change our core shortcode. Do the change at your side.

b) We will change our shortcode

c) We found a solution , that both will work. Please change your code to blablabla...

I don't want that this ticket is moved behind the 2.5 release. Thanks.

[westi]

Blocker for 2.5 - matt what is your opinion

[alexrabe]

Any update on your decision finding ?

[matt]

The core shortcode should be kept as simple as possible, and will stay [gallery].

You should change your plugin to use something more specific. This doesn't mean your plugin doesn't have worth, it's just a matter of the best defaults for as many people as possible.