[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3022: Plugin Directory: Add a "latest" URL for readme file standard

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#3022: Plugin Directory: Add a "latest" URL for readme file standard
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> Background: #2614
>
> The plugin readme file standard is currently linked to from six places:
>
> * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme Developer
> Information] page in the directory.
> * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/ WordPress.org]
> page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
> * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/planning-your-
> plugin/ Planning Your Plugin] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
> * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-to-use-
> subversion/ How to Use Subversion] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
> * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-your-readme-
> txt-works/ How Your Readme.txt Works] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
> * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/plugin-
> developer-faq/ Plugin Developer FAQ] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
>
> Some of the handbook links used the old
> `https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/readme.txt` URL, which redirects to
> https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/, but not directly to the file
> or at least to the "Readme Files" section.
>
> Others used the outdated
> [https://wordpress.org/plugins/files/2016/06/readme.txt
> 2016/06/readme.txt] link instead of the current one:
> [https://wordpress.org/plugins/files/2017/03/readme.txt
> 2017/03/readme.txt].
>
> I've just updated the handbook links to point to
> https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme, which links to the
> latest file. However, it would help to have a direct URL to the file,
> like https://wordpress.org/latest.zip.

New description:

 Background: #2614

 The plugin readme file standard is currently linked to from six places:

 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme Developer Information]
 page in the directory.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/ WordPress.org]
 page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/planning-your-
 plugin/ Planning Your Plugin] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-to-use-
 subversion/ How to Use Subversion] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-your-readme-
 txt-works/ How Your Readme.txt Works] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/plugin-developer-
 faq/ Plugin Developer FAQ] page in Plugin Developer Handbook.

 Some of the handbook links used the old
 `https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/readme.txt` URL, which redirects to
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/, but not directly to the file or
 at least to the "Readme Files" section.

 Others used the outdated
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/files/2016/06/readme.txt
 2016/06/readme.txt] link instead of the current one:
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/files/2017/03/readme.txt
 2017/03/readme.txt].

 I've just updated the handbook links to point to
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme, which links to the
 latest file. However, it would help to have a direct URL to the file, e.g.
 `/plugins/files/readme.txt`, that would work like
 https://wordpress.org/latest.zip.

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