[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10787: Send emails to notify Administrators that an update is avaialble for core|plugins|themes

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#10787: Send emails to notify Administrators that an update is avaialble for
core|plugins|themes
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 Reporter:  dd32             |        Owner:  dd32    
     Type:  feature request  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  3.1     
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment(by MattyRob):

 @JDTrower,

 Personally, I'd be more than happy if this went into core and was OFF by
 default BUT the idea behind this is to get 'the ignorant' to update. So,
 if it is left off by default what makes us think that 'the ignorant' will
 enable this option?

 The issue at the centre of this ticket is, to my mind, the thorny issue of
 getting people to update their WordPress core, plugin and theme files when
 updates are available.

 Announcements are already made on the WordPress site and these are rapidly
 blogged around the WordPress community. There is a message shown to admins
 in the backend, there is a mailing list (that appears to be ineffectively
 used by the WordPress dev team) and there is a plugin available that
 already does what this ticket talks about but has rarely been downloaded.

 So, even though I'm against putting this into core I can't see any benefit
 at all in adding it but turned off by default. The 2 options are to not
 add it at all to core but make better use of the communications systems
 already in place or add it and turn it on my default (to achieve the aim
 of the ticket) but allow people to turn it off quickly and easily.

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