[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60504: Plugin dependencies: Account for mu-plugin as dependency

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#60504: Plugin dependencies: Account for mu-plugin as dependency
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                          |       Owner:  costdev
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.5
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  critical                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing dev-feedback has-      |     Focuses:
  patch has-unit-tests                           |
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Comment (by desrosj):

 Replying to [comment:19 johnbillion]:
 >
 > It remains that an ''inactive'' plugin that has a dependency that is
 fulfilled by a mu-plugin will be prevented from being activated, as its
 dependency is considered unfulfilled. Bearing in mind that the
 introduction of a mu-plugin is a manual process I think this is less of a
 pressing concern, but it's my opinion that we do need a way of allowing a
 mu-plugin to be recognised as a dependency.

 Given this, I'm inclined to say that we can consider this an edge case
 acceptable for 6.5. It still needs to be addressed, but because of the
 already manual nature of `mu-plugins`, I think it's a reasonable nuance to
 leave unaddressed for now.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60504#comment:20>
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