[wp-hackers] The term_group column

[Christine Davis]

Term groups kinda just float in space.  I find that column and its
functionality to be perplexing.

*cough*

It sure would be nice if a core-dev or some such could shed some light on
how it was intended to be used/what it was included to be used for;  because
that sure would help my (our?) understanding.

-Ch.

On 10/27/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com>
wrote:
>
> Would that not require another table, term_groups to link them together?
> It seems a little weird to me. Maybe I need to look at the code again...
> - C.
>
> Christine Davis wrote:
> > Looking at the code,  if term 8 is an alias of term 6;  then the
> term_group
> > for both term 6 and term 8 is the next term_group incrementally.
> >
> > (So if there were three term groups in use;  term 6 and term 8 would
> have a
> > term group of 4.)
> >
> > Roughly speaking,  it's not so much an alias (In so far as there is no
> > primary term) as it is setting terms to be in a group together.
> >
> > -Ch.
> >
> > On 10/27/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> So what value would be set in term_group? If term 8 is an alias of term
> >> 6, does term 8's term_group = 6? What about term 6, does it's
> term_group
> >> show 0?
> >>
> >> Cheers - Callum.
> >>
> >> Christine Davis wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's for marking a term as being an alias of another term;  in
> >>>
> >> theory;  but
> >>
> >>> last time I looked,  the implementation seemed kinda broken.
> >>>
> >>> On 10/25/07, Callum Macdonald <
> lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> G'day,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is the term_group column actually used? Or is it provided for plugin
> >>>> use, future use, etc?
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't figure out how it would be used from the interface, and it's
> >>>>
> >> not
> >>
> >>>> used in any of the blogs that I've checked.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Callum.
> >>>>
> >>>> PS> This is curiosity more than anything!
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