[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12183: Category Thoughts And Enhancements

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#12183: Category Thoughts And Enhancements
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 Reporter:  markmcwilliams  |        Owner:         
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:         
Component:  General         |      Version:  3.0    
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment(by markmcwilliams):

 Replying to [comment:1 scribu]:
 > For this type of broad discussion, please post to the wp-hackers mailing
 list.
 Well I'll just take that as being a no right now then, mailing lists
 really arent the best way IMHO to discuss something like this, maybe small
 things, but then I'm just a user who'd like to try and help improve
 WordPress, point taken!

 Replying to [comment:1 scribu]:
 > Closing this as wontifx, since the /category/ prefix is there for
 performance reasons.
 OK, what performance reasons exactly are we talking about? Nobody has
 ever, to my knowledge, explained fully what seems to be the problem,
 although I far from know how to test/try anything out being just a helpful
 user!

 At the moment we've got something like
 {{{/category/{category_slug_here}/}}} which I guess is setup in the
 {{{rewrite.php}}} file of the {{{/wp-includes/}}} folder? What's wrong,
 going with my option above, change it to something like
 {{{/{category_placeholder_andor_just_normal_category}/{category_slug_here}/}}}
 which I would have thought would be alright? ... Or have I missed
 something?

 Replying to [comment:1 scribu]:
 > You can use the [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/top-level-cats/ Top
 Level Categories] plugin to remove it.
 I am aware of that plugin, as I mentioned in the main text above, which
 begs the question of why/how can it be done via a plugin and it'll not
 just get put into the core? #confused

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