[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4115: getCategoryList should exclude empty categories by default

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#4115: getCategoryList should exclude empty categories by default
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 Reporter:  redsweater   |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  XML-RPC      |      Version:  2.2      
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |  
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Changes (by redsweater):

 * cc: redsweater (added)

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 foolswisdom]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 Otto42]:
 > > I agree with rob1n. getCategoryList should return a list of all viable
 categories for posting into, empty or not. It may make sense to exclude
 link categories, but empty categories must be returned.
 > Filtering out link categories that have only been used for link
 categories seems like a decent compromise with a goog UX.

 I like this compromise too, for what it's worth :)

 In fact, I think giving users the ability to select empty, non-link
 categories is perhaps a preferrable user experience to the "hide empties"
 behavior in the web interface.

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