In reply to mac2net.

You are talking about the ideal of Post Formats. In reality, Post Formats are rarely used and generally just confusing for users and developers alike. If you read the description of what an "Image" post format is supposed to do you'll see what I mean: Three different scenarios, all mutually exclusive, and whatever option you pick there is a good change the user will switch to a theme with a different option selected and will get a confusing or non-functional experience.

The proposal specifically states that we should move Post Formats into a Feature Plugin so it can be further developed and improved if people want to invest time in it. Like Jeff said, the feature hasn't been touched since 3.6, and we can't do iterative development on a core feature in core without causing problems.

My suggestion is to break the feature out so those who want to can give it the "love and razzmatazz" they think it deserves.