[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10805: Mark user levels as Deprecated

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#10805: Mark user levels as Deprecated
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 Reporter:  dd32             |       Owner:                                      
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new                                 
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release                      
Component:  Role/Capability  |     Version:  2.9                                 
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  dev-feedback, has-patch, 2nd-opinion
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 Since the new  Role system was introduced in WordPress 2.0, The usage of
 User Levels has been deprecated (but still supported for back
 compatibility).

 I'd like to propose (As i did on IRC recently) that user levels be marked
 as being deprecated, at least in documentation (which i have already done
 on a few Codex pages) and possibly in WordPress Core.

 The major downside to this is that the many -currently being developed-
 themes which still use user levels for adding admin menu's may cause PHP
 Noices to show up (However, Unless they're running as a dev install, they
 may not see them) - Which also means, Many theme designers may not see the
 warnings either, as from my experience, most theme designers dont run with
 WP_DEBUG turned on either..

 I'm attaching a patch to emit a warning:
 {{{
 Notice: Usage of User Levels by Plugins and Themes is deprecated since
 version 2.0! Use Roles and Capabilities instead. in C:\www\wordpress\wp-
 includes\functions.php on line 2942
 }}}

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