[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:  Post Types                           |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  3.0
 Keywords:  has-patch westi-likes needs-testing  |  Resolution:
  needs-refresh needs-unit-tests editorial-flow  |
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Comment (by danielbachhuber):

 Once a project hits a point where it requires a more complex workflow than
 what WordPress offers out of the box, all bets are off. I don't think we
 can or should solve that problem in core. However, I think core should
 have APIs that fully support more complex publishing workflows.

 If I were to pick up development on this again, I would likely follow this
 approach:

 1. Identify five or more use cases for more complex publishing workflows
 with sufficient detail that it's possibly to understand the commonalities
 between them.
 2. Discuss how the commonalities could be better supported by core.
 3. From the commonalities, define the problem to be solved. Get buy-in
 from a core committer or two.
 4. Build a library to support the commonalities. Should it prove useful,
 include it in core.

 I don't think this ticket has ever really gotten anywhere because everyone
 on it has been trying to solve different problems, and there hasn't been a
 core committer yet who just takes an idea and runs with it.

 With that being said, I think you could reach out to participants on this
 ticket with a survey and get sufficient detail for your five or more use
 cases pretty quick.

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