[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11127: Improve plugin compatibility check

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#11127: Improve plugin compatibility check
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 Reporter:  sirzooro     |       Owner:  westi      
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.9        
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:  2.8.5      
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  needs-patch
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 When you install new plugin via WordPress backed, it checks if 'Compatible
 up to' version specified in plugin's readme.txt file is big enough. If
 not, WP displays warning 'This plugin has not been tested with your
 current version of WordPress.'. In general such check is a good idea, but
 it needs improvement. When WP Team finishes new major WP release, such
 message is OK (e.g. when someone will try to install plugin tested up to
 2.8.5 on 2.9), because API or other internal details may change. But when
 we have security or bugfix release, API usually stays the same, so most
 plugins do not require update. Unfortunately current warning message is
 misleading for beginners, and some of them posts questions like 'Does
 plugin X works with WP 2.8.5, because WP says it was not tested with this
 version?'. I am sure there are many more ones who will decide to not
 install plugin and find another one, which will be marked as compatible.
 In order to avoid such questions plugin's author have to release new
 plugin version with updated 'Tested up to' tag. This takes time,
 especially if someone (like me) has many plugins. Therefore I suggest to
 skip this warning in case of version mismatch introduced by
 security/bugfix WP releases (e.g. 2.8.5 - 2.8.6, or 2.8 - 2.8.6).

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