Andrew Nacin
@nacin on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: November 6th, 2009
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Website: nacin.com
- GitHub: nacin
- Job Title: Lead Developer
- Employer: WordPress
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 It sounds like you're keeping the site up to date though, right?7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 While we can’t be responsible for those not willing to log into their admin area…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I just spent some time reading through a good amount of the discourse from 2013…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Conceptually, a user who doesn't want blocks should be installing the Classic Editor plugin,not avoid…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Are you saying that minor release auto updates also needed to be opt-in? I think…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Good points, all valid. I absolutely agree that there's more "silent" breakage in major versions,…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I think part of the problem here is that the relative nastiness of particular Windows…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I definitely agree there are likely some scenarios we will find that would give us…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 This is a great idea! This kind of change-over-time is easy to look at, without…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks for your commitment to making this better! How many sites are we talking about…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I'm just trying to understand your argument: It sounds like you would have not shipped…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 These sites are already running a version of WordPress that automatically applies updates as they…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Interesting use cases, @JNashHawkins! Thanks for commenting. If your site is configured in an offline…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 This is a pretty eloquent argument for automatic plugin updates. 😬 I actually don't think…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 These are fair questions. Currently the goal is to collect as much feedback as possible.…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 We're already providing auto updates to millions of sites. Are you suggesting we should turn…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 What is the reasonable expectation from the user for automatic updates in WordPress core? For…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 We have a pretty good understanding of not only the vulnerabilities we've fixed over the…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I'd prefer something like the following: For any vulnerabilities, apply patches to any branches which…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Hi there! As the WordPress 3.7 release lead, co-author of automatic background updates, and the…7 months ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2017 2 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2017 3 years ago 
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Washington, DC 2017 3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Target Browser Coverage, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Just anecdotally, in the last year, I have been hard pressed to find a U.S.…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Continuing inline docs improvements adjacent to 4.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Nice work @drewapicture! There are some excellent intentions here (yay documentation!) but I think there…3 years ago 
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										Committed [39480] to Core Trac: 
 Build/Test Tools: Specify exact node version in package.json. Enforce it ...3 years ago 
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										Committed [39478] to Core Trac: 
 Build/Test Tools: Specify exact node version in package.json. Enforce it ...3 years ago 
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										Committed [39472] to Core Trac: 
 REST API: Register the admin_email setting in single site only. Merges ...3 years ago 
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										Committed [39471] to Core Trac: 
 REST API: Register the admin_email setting in single site only. See ...3 years ago 
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										Committed [39470] to Core Trac: 
 REST API: Register the admin_email setting in single site only. fixes ...3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Can we please disable the…, on the site Make WordPress Systems: 
 Done.3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Can I please have commit…, on the site Make WordPress Systems: 
 Done.3 years ago 
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										Committed [39368] to Core Trac: 
 Build: Remove fsevents from npm-shrinkwrap.json fsevents is macOS only, ...3 years ago 
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										Reopened ticket #38657, in Core Trac: 
 Shrinkwrap npm dependencies for 4.73 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #38922, in Core Trac: 
 Use REST API for ajax tag search3 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2016 3 years ago 
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										Committed [1475662] to Plugins Trac: 
 Hello Dolly: Bump tested to 4.6.4 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2016 4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Both great ideas. Both require a lot of careful planning, decision-making, and implementation. Proposals welcome…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 meta_key is indexed. We could index the first few characters of meta_value, but we'd have…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I've always liked this in theory, but I'm not sure how you'd auto-magically choose which…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 That would defeat the purpose of tags, which is for them to be flat and…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I saw this proposal on Twitter the other day. I actually like it in theory,…4 years ago 
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