[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64098: Introduce Abilities API

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#64098: Introduce Abilities API
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 Reporter:  gziolo                                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:  6.9
Component:  General                               |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 @jason_the_adams My hesitation has nothing to do with the value that
 Abilities API would bring and everything to do with the fact that so
 little has been built with it. For example, you mention four contexts,
 only one of

 If this is committed for beta 1, that means there are 21 days until RC1
 and 42 days until release. That's not a lot of time to get feedback,
 iterate, get more feedback, iterate again, ensure that documentation is
 ready, and overall ensure that come 7.0 we aren't feeling backed into the
 question of if only the code was structured differently or worse,
 questioning if this needs large changes in 6.9.1.

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