[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5352: Plugin Security - Add email confirmation prior to releases being processed

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#5352: Plugin Security - Add email confirmation prior to releases being processed
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 Reporter:  dd32              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by chriscct7):

 Replying to [comment:9 chriscct7]:
 > As for
 >
 > > Thankfully only 15% of plugins with >= 100k active installs use trunk,
 but that's still not a small number.
 >
 > What if we simply require that new, non-security updates for plugins
 moving forward must use tags instead of trunk for updates? Not sure how
 easy it is to do so, but there could be a git commit hook on trunk that
 looks to see if version changes in the readme.txt in trunk and rejects the
 commit with a "Please use tags for new releases. For more information see:
 (url)" as an idea

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