[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3263: Zips for deleted plugin tags not deleted

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#3263: Zips for deleted plugin tags not deleted
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu           |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Plugin Directory v3 - Future
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch       |
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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 > If a tag is deleted, rather than just being zero'd out, then the zip
 remains untouched.

 Well that's no good. Most people are going to delete a tag to resolve a
 copyright issue (or in the case of one very silly person, uploading credit
 card information...)

 > In most cases, having a ZIP still be available is not a huge concern in
 my mind. Except as mentioned above, cases of Copyright and/or IP issues.

 Right and since there's absolutely no way to easily flag them, that's why
 I think we should auto-delete them. Unless you want to set up a process by
 which I get to contact you/otto every time I close a plugin for
 copyright/security to make sure we don't push bad/illegal/violation code.

 And that's assuming I did that in the first place. Sometimes people catch
 on and fix things themselves.

 I agree that the race condition issue a big one. Would it be possible to
 run a weekly/bi-weekly/monthly script for plugins that compares tags to
 zips, and if there's no tag, nuke the zip? Or would that be worse?

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