[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4115: getCategoryList should exclude empty categories by default

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#4115: getCategoryList should exclude empty categories by default
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 Reporter:  redsweater  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect      |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal      |    Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  XML-RPC     |      Version:  2.2      
 Severity:  normal      |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch   |  
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Comment (by Otto42):

 I agree with rob1n. getCategoryList should return a list of all viable
 categories for posting into, empty or not. It may make sense to exclude
 link categories, but empty categories must be returned.

 Specific example: I'm using an XML-RPC posting client on, say, my cell
 phone. It pulls the categories and lets me type a post in. It can't create
 a category, and it can't assign multiple categories, because it's a crap
 client. But still, it's got a list of cats and I can pick one.

 So I make a new category in WP, called "Phone Posts". I go to my phone,
 pull up the client.. Only the category is not in my list. And it's not
 going to be until I make a post to that category using something other
 than the XML-RPC client, because we exclude empty categories? That makes
 little sense.

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