[wp-hackers] Menu schema

[Mike Schinkel]

On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Andrew Nacin wrote:
>> What I have noticed has been how fervent discussions on this list have been
>> about using wp_posts for certain things but how AFAIK storing menus in
>> wp_posts was never discussed here. I think that is indicative of how
>> decisions are made in core and that discussion on this list isn't an
>> important component (and is something I think I'll be learning from moving
>> forward.)
> 
> Real-time discussions on core development are held in a publicly accessible
> IRC channel (which is logged, and the logs are public). The menu management
> schema was discussed at length among core developers and contributors before
> a decision was made to use post types and taxonomies.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that it wasn't discussed, just pointing out that it wasn't discussed *here* (on this list.)  

I was making commentary on the value of discussions on this list affecting core, nothing more.

-Mike