[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6864: Method for bypassing "Name is in use" upload block

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#6864: Method for bypassing "Name is in use" upload block
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 Reporter:  dd32              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Description changed by dd32:

Old description:

> The plugin directory includes some checks that abort the upload of
> plugins when we believe the plugin name exists "in the wild" (on
> WordPress sites, but not necessarily hosted by WordPress.org).
>
> Sometimes this causes problems, as the owner of a plugin comes along and
> wants to submit their plugin to WordPress.org, which they can't do
> without changing their plugin name.
>
> Plugin reviewers should be able to either:
> a) Generate a URL that allows a user to bypass the check for 48hrs; or
> b) A way to list a plugin name as "don't block this plugin name"
>
> I'm leaning towards (a) as it would allow for a means to bypass other "Do
> not allow submission" errors that currently exist (or exist in the
> future).

New description:

 The plugin directory includes some checks that abort the upload of plugins
 when we believe the plugin name exists "in the wild" (on WordPress sites,
 but not necessarily hosted by WordPress.org).

 Sometimes this causes problems, as the owner of a plugin comes along and
 wants to submit their plugin to WordPress.org, which they can't do without
 changing their plugin name.

 Plugin reviewers should be able to either:
 a) Generate a URL that allows a user to bypass the check for 48hrs; or
 b) A way to list a plugin name as "don't block this plugin name"; or
 c) An option for Plugin reviewers to upload a plugin "on behalf of..
 <user>" that bypasses the same checks

 I'm leaning towards (a) as it would allow for a means to bypass other "Do
 not allow submission" errors that currently exist (or exist in the
 future).

 Allowing plugin reviewers to bypass the checks and upload on behalf of
 someone else kind of makes sense in a way (and is what I have done to
 resolve this in the past) but complicates things in ways that are not
 necessarily needed.

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