jennyfogarty on "Fail To Import XML"

Another Thread on this:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-to-wxr-issue?replies=28
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I think I've read about twenty threads on three different boards insisting that WXR and .XML are the same file format and .XML should be able to import without difficulty.

So James, I think its fair to assume that this is in fact a Wordpress bug.