[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12706: Custom post status bugs in the admin

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#12706: Custom post status bugs in the admin
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 Reporter:  ptahdunbar                           |       Owner:  ptahdunbar
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Posts, Post Types                    |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  3.0
 Keywords:  has-patch westi-likes needs-testing  |  Resolution:
  needs-refresh needs-unit-tests editorial-flow  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by knutsp):

 Replying to [comment:189 MikeSchinkel]:
 > Replying to [comment:188 knutsp]:
 > > May the first and simplest solution get in the way for future
 evolution?
 >
 > The simplest solution is to just include registered statuses in the drop
 down that allows a user to select a status before updating a post.
 Aliases would be much more work than that.

 May be - probably. But to show up in the drop down on the edit post
 screen, core needs to handle the status as if it was one of the existing.
 That is the reason this bug is still present. Some statuses trigger UI
 behaviour (because it means something, has semantics, to core), like
 changing the button text. May all registered stati be handled as an alias
 of `draft`, just to begin with?

 Talking about the best solution is fine, when used to evaluate if a first,
 simple solution might also be a good, temporary solution. When the most
 visible bug here is gone, then the rest may be future enhancements. Then
 make a new ticket for that.

 People, in thousands, are willing to settle on Mars, without any
 technology to return to Earth. We are, it seems, not willing to simply fix
 an old bug as long there isn't a path to CMS heaven included.

 I want to go to Mars, one way, when that is the current option. Now, not
 waiting for a tested Mars-to-Earth commuter system to be in place.

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