Index: /branches/release-39/plugins/WXRImporter/lib/WXRImporter/WXRHandler.pm
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--- /branches/release-39/plugins/WXRImporter/lib/WXRImporter/WXRHandler.pm (revision 1104)
+++ /branches/release-39/plugins/WXRImporter/lib/WXRImporter/WXRHandler.pm (revision 2515)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use MT::Util qw( offset_time_list );
 
-@WXRImporter::WXRHandler::ISA = qw(XML::SAX::Base);
-
-use constant POST_SEPARATOR => '<!--more-->'; # WordPress's separator string
+use base qw(XML::SAX::Base);
+
+sub POST_SEPARATOR { '<!--more-->'; } # WordPress's separator string
 
 sub new {
@@ -460,4 +460,5 @@
     $post->blog_id($blog->id);
     $post->convert_breaks($self->{convert_breaks});
+    $post->status($blog->status_default);
     for my $hash (@$hashes) {
         my @hash_array = %$hash;