[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26334: Disable 'Featured Plugins' if they're included in Core

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#26334: Disable 'Featured Plugins' if they're included in Core
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu          |       Owner:  nacin
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  highest omg bbq  |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by nacin):

 I absolutely think that core should see to it that sites do not break
 horribly when we merge in a plugin, especially an official one that is
 being built as — and was accepted as — a feature for core. As dd32 said,
 there is precedent here.

 Replying to [comment:15 matt]:
 > Updating the plugins to return or deactivate on their own prior to
 release seems like the cleanest approach.

 That should absolutely occur. I think I am going to also rename the
 functions in dashboard.php anyway since they could benefit from it. That
 allows us to sidestep fatal errors.

 We should possibly also deactivate mp6/mp6.php on upgrade. It won't clash
 like "widgets.php" and, when it is still activated, it causes all sorts of
 little issues here and there. We can also neuter it in a new version of
 itself, but this simple change will cut down on support requests.

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