I decided over the weekend to have a go at running my own install of WordPress 2.6, with an aim to perhaps hosting my own blog again, with the obvious gains in flexibility and monetization.
Let’s just say that it was frustrating.
The most frustrating part was the permalink issue. All known and posted fixes failed to resolve the issue of getting the permalinks to match those seen in this blog, which is the content I would be migrating. There is no clear and simple fix for those of us who just want the software to work, without having to spend two hours hacking.
I will try again when 2.6.1 is released, but it strikes me as odd that this made it out the door. However, I have seen worse unintended features appear in released software.