[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6957: Plugin Directory: Close plugins with no data

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#6957: Plugin Directory: Close plugins with no data
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Something that was supported, because some plugins in the past used this
 format, is that they don't have anything in trunk, but tag new releases.

 This is supported here:
 https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html
 /wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/cli/class-
 import.php?marks=509-518#L500

 Effectively, if `trunk/` is empty, we treat it as having a `readme.txt`
 that contains only `Stable Tag: $highest_tagged_version`.

 We could deprecate this going forward, but plugins that have nothing in
 `trunk/` AND nothing in `tags/` should indeed be closed.. although it's
 pretty hard for us to query for, without checking every plugin SVN
 individually through a CLI script.

 In the past month, the following plugins have hit the `Plugin has no files
 in trunk, nor tags.`  exception:
  - clear-divi-cache-button
  - shipments-with-pulpo
  - talkee
  - eacsoftwareregistry-software-taxonomy
  - g-ffl-cockpit
  - add-on-for-sendinblue-on-wpforms
  - wpavatar
  - gobuddy-the-smart-delivery-solution
  - contlo-for-woocommerce
  - wise-kpis
  - leaf-crm
  - cryptopay-wc-lite
  - block-common-crawl-via-robots-txt
  - visual-slider
  - riovizual
  - add-internal-links-lite
  - saoshyant-page-builder
  - bayarcash-givewp
  - flamix-bitrix24-and-wpforms-integration
  - hippoo
  - houzez-property-feed
  - wpsso-merchant-return-policy

 Looking at these plugins, it appears that a few of them triggered it on
 their first commit, as they made a commit but failed to actually add any
 files. A few others triggered it because they deleted everything in trunk
 and had no tags. Some just don't seem to understand how SVN works and
 they've been highly confused.

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