[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18800: Recycle auto-draft post entries

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#18800: Recycle auto-draft post entries
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 Reporter:  MattyRob     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by nacin):

 Replying to [comment:6 MattyRob]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 nacin]:
 > Open one tab - hit Save Draft, open second tab. How many times has /
 does this scenario happen?

 More than never.

 > > And then two different users writing at the same time.
 >
 > As I said - what are the edit locks all about then if not for stopping 2
 users editing at the same time - that's a really bad idea.

 They're writing two different posts, I mean. Your patch doesn't restrict
 to the current author - author 2 would end up with author 1's auto draft.
 Even if we did restrict it by author, it's not *that* uncommon for someone
 to start on two posts at once. They can't be given the same auto-draft.

 The original problem that auto-drafts solved were image attachments. So if
 someone attaches an image, then leaves, we can't recycle that auto-draft
 -- the image shouldn't just show up on the new, unrelated post.

 It's not sub-optimal, it's the best possible implementation. No DB admin
 is going to be annoyed about a few extra rows.

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