When moving a post from one site to another, we should keep the media.

Description:

Right now we're planning to delete all media when moving a post from a site to another. While this is acceptable as a temporary solution, it doesn't really offer our users the best experience. It's highly likely that when someone moves a post from a site to another, they'll want to keep the media as well.

Proposal:

The options I see are:

• Upload all images regardless of their original URL.
• Just use the original URLs without moving anything.
• Let the user pick which images to upload, and which images to leave in their original location. (would make the post moving process require additional UI elements)

Additional info:

This is a discussion issue. Technical tasks will be spawned once a decision is made.

The current solution makes sense in that it was a good compromise to get the feature out there quickly.

/cc @catehstn, @rachelmcr, @astralbodies, @aerych, @jleandroperez, @SergioEstevao, @mattmiklic for opinions on this.

This issue is a discussion about preserving media when moving a post between sites; no implementation files, tests, or entry points are identified. Review the linked current solution in issue #6827 and the three proposed approaches first. Work is ready to begin only after a decision produces specific technical tasks and acceptance criteria.