[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #7298: xprofile fied user visibility settings regression

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#7298: xprofile fied user visibility settings regression
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 Reporter:  hnla              |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  2.7.1
Component:  Extended Profile  |     Version:
 Severity:  major             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch       |
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Comment (by DJPaul):

 My thoughts on different ways to address this:

 1) Revert the `bp_current_user_can` change and rely on the "broken"
 behaviour with `current_user_can_for_blog`... which will last until
 if/when WordPress fixes that function. Just punting the problem down the
 calendar.

 2) Add special edge-case handling to `bp_user_can` specifically for
 `bp_xprofile_change_field_visibility`. Probably calling it directly. This
 is a bit of a poor long term solution but would fix the problem for now.

 3) Do something like 2, but accommodate anonymous user capabilities
 properly. I don't know if bbPress has anything smart for this, I know it
 uses capabilities for logged-out users a lot more than WordPress does
 (WordPress doesn't, really; there is that odd `read` capability for a few
 things).

 4) Decide that the profile field visibility on the registration form isn't
 something we want to support, and call this a feature.

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