[wp-testers] Link categories, once more

[Ryan Boren]

On 1/7/07, Alex Günsche <ag.ml2007 at zirona.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> yes, once again with the link categories.
>
> I did read the lists (wp-hackers and wp-testers) about this issue, and I
> understand the reasons for the changed link behaviour. However, there
> are still some questions. The version I'm refering to is r4701, checked
> out half an hour ago.
>
> I'm afraid that many people, although understanding the change, will
> have difficulties with the new way of managing links and link
> categories. I think the way categories could be created and managed in
> 2.0.x is much more intuitive than now. Sure, some people add links and
> (as needed) create new categories in that interface. But many others do
> it as a top-down-process: they first create the structures (i.e. link
> categories) and then fill it (with links).




http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4687

I think we need to extend that so that categories that have neither links
nor posts are shown.


> Also, when I upgrade a 2.0.6 installation to 2.1 by uploading the new
> files and running /wp-admin/upgrade.php, the db table wp_linkcategories
> is still kept. If I just for fun drop this table, everything seems to
> remain smooth. So I wonder why this table is kept. Just for the
> backwards compatibility with some plugins?


It needs to be dropped before 2.1 is released.  It's been hanging around
while we discussed the new design and implementation.

Ryan