[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities

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#16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of
assigned capabilities
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 Reporter:  10sexyapples                  |       Owner:  swissspidy
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Role/Capability               |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by danielbachhuber):

 I'm -1 on the general idea of querying based on capabilities.

 Capabilities can and are expected to be modified at runtime. As such, this
 makes them inherently unpredictable to query against.

 Furthermore, `edit_posts` would only be applicable to post types that use
 it. Another post type could use something like `edit_products`. We'd be
 back at square one: users not appearing in the dropdown.

 Truly solving the original problem described in this ticket would require
 refactoring WordPress' roles and capabilities system. Doing so is a non-
 trivial project and unlikely in the foreseeable future.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16841#comment:52>
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