[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17253: Author role should be able to make/edit pages (a.k.a. let's get with the times)

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#17253: Author role should be able to make/edit pages (a.k.a. let's get with the
times)
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 Reporter:  jane                        |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request             |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Role/Capability             |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by knutsp):

 * keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests => needs-unit-tests has-patch


Comment:

 @johnbillion: Thank you.

 Will it be sufficient just to extend tests/user/capabilities.php with
 checks that show a new author user gets the right caps added, or do we
 need further testing on an author manipulating actual pages?

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