[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10201: Switch roles to use single role, and no user-specific caps

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#10201: Switch roles to use single role, and no user-specific caps
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:                
     Type:  task (blessed)     |      Status:  assigned      
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Role/Capability    |     Version:  2.8           
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  2nd-opinion   
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:36 apljdi]:
 > But done this way, there is no good reason for item 1. (...)

 actually, there is... usermeta and postmeta are managed inconsistently: a
 user cannot have multiple usermeta with the same key (yet).

 > Adding a new table might ramp up the performance but I haven't tested
 that, and I'm not sure the extra complexity is worth it.

 It totally is. And as pointed out by Sam, it's what they ended up doing in
 BBPress.

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