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Changes between Version 57 and Version 67 of Ticket #10201


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03/12/2011 11:53:27 PM (14 years ago)
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scribu
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I changed the summary, since it's obvious that multiple roles are both desired and wouldn't reduce performance.

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  • Ticket #10201

    • Property Cc jer@… ryan_b added
    • Property Summary changed from Switch roles to use single role, and no user-specific caps to Remove user-specific caps
  • Ticket #10201 – Description

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    11See IRC discussions from June 18th 2009
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    5 summary courtesy of DD32:
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    7 My points from what i know:
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    93 * The current role system is rather complicated, But has a lot of flexibility
     
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    1610 * That we reduce the complex system to something much more simple:
    17    * Roles are retained,
     11   * Roles are retained: 1 role per meta entry, and since the meta API allows for multiple values for the same key, this would have the benefit of multiple roles, and direct lookups.
    1812   * However:
    19      * Limit users to 1 role (This would be on a per-blog basis, based off the permission prefix thinggi..)
    20        * This could also be done as a multi-meta system, ie. 1 role per meta entry, and since the meta API allows for multiple values for the same key, this would have the benefit of multiple roles, and direct lookups.
    2113     * Remove the ability for a user to be part of a Role, and have an extra capability added on top of that.
    2214 * This has the ability to significantly increase performance, As now:
     
    2719 * An upgrade path is available which doesnt require extra tables, and reduces the ammount of serialization
    2820   * The other option is a whole new set of tables.. which.. those who are sane (And there are some insane people in WP Dev..) realise that its not really needed.
    29  * Fine grain control has never been possible from WP without a plugin, Nothing would change here, If a user wants fine grained control over permissions, They'd still have to run a plugin, Its just that that plugin may have to do more heavy lifting now -- since wordpress's API/role system would be simpler and not support the extra fangledangles. 
     21 * Fine grain control has never been possible from WP without a plugin, Nothing would change here, If a user wants fine grained control over permissions, They'd still have to run a plugin, Its just that that plugin may have to do more heavy lifting now -- since wordpress's API/role system would be simpler and not support the extra fangledangles.