[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12499: Plugin Installer could leave a warning, if it falls back from direct install to FTP install

[WordPress Trac]

#12499: Plugin Installer could leave a warning, if it falls back from direct
install to FTP install
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 Reporter:  keatch           |        Owner:  westi   
     Type:  enhancement      |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  3.1     
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |      Version:          
 Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  dev-feedback     |  
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Changes (by dd32):

  * component:  Plugins => Upgrade/Install


Comment:

 > Can you point me to the files that is managing the check?

 get_filesystem_method() in wp-admin/includes/file.php

 IMO, falling back to FTP doesnt deserve a warning, Using the FTP method is
 much more common than one would hope for.

 For 99% of users, the automatically chosen method is the only one that can
 work on their server configuration, most people cant "fix" (remove) the
 ftp check without changing the server configuration. You had a server-
 misconfiguration which lead WordPress to fallback to a method it knew
 would work (as it could see, that doing it the direct way (writing files
 directly to the hard drive) was going to result in the files being owned
 by a different user, Therefor, switching to FTP forces the files to be
 created by the ftp owner, leading to less user problems down the line.

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