[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27673: Featured Image meta box is displayed for images

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#27673: Featured Image meta box is displayed for images
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Media           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by wonderboymusic):

 This is problematic because it will require every theme to register
 support for thumbnails. The thinking was that it should be changed to
 theme OR post_type support - support was registered for `attachment:audio`
 and `attachment:video` so that their covers will be slurped automatically.

 Thumbnail support in the admin really shouldn't be tied to a theme.
 Imagine one theme supports album covers and one doesn't - as it currently
 stands, videos and playlists are the only place where they are displayed,
 which have nothing to do with the theme.

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