[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5117: WordPress (plugin) updates do not warn about unknown plugins

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#5117: WordPress (plugin) updates do not warn about unknown plugins
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 Reporter:  Quandary                   |        Owner:  strider72
     Type:  defect                     |       Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  high                       |    Milestone:  2.6      
Component:  Administration             |      Version:  2.6      
 Severity:  normal                     |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  admin plugins needs-patch  |  
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Comment (by strider72):

 DD32: Perhaps I overthought things, but ultimately the distinction you
 make is negligible.

 The bulk of the change we are discussing is getting the server response to
 distinguish between "no update" and "not found", and then putting
 *something* on the Plugin Admin page to mark plugins that are "not found".

 That's 95% of the work.  Beyond that, it's a small step to change
 *something* to a link and tossing in an apply_filter() before output.

 That last bit entails changing:

 * If not found on WP Extend: "(not checked for updates)"

 to:

 * If not found on WP Extend:[[BR]]
     a) If (has "Update URL" header): "Updates not checked. [LINK:check
 manually]".[[BR]]
     b) else: "(not checked for updates)"

 Total changes:

 1) Get additional "not found" output from server (format to be
 determined)[[BR]]
 2) Add new "Update URL" parameter to output of plugin_data()[[BR]]
 3) In plugins.php, add new logic within $plugins loop that writes "not
 checked|check manually" as needed to Version table cell.

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