[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:  3.1     
Component:  Role/Capability    |     Version:  2.8     
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  early   
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Changes (by mikeschinkel):

 * cc: mikeschinkel@… (added)


Comment:

 Why not store both roles and user capabilities on a per user basis but use
 the roles to define the user both with the user and when the role is
 updated?

 The user's capabilities per role could be stored in options and the user's
 roles could be stored in usermeta.  When changing a role's user
 capabilities you could lookup all users with the changed role, recalculate
 and then update their capabilities? This could be done asynchronously if
 need be via a one-time scheduled task.

 Would this not work to maintain the ease of admin of multiple roles per
 user but make the user's capabilities more performant?

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10201#comment:50>
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