[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13928: WP.org plugin update notifications should consider plugin slug

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#13928: WP.org plugin update notifications should consider plugin slug
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 Reporter:  filosofo         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by MattyRob):

 Related #11227

 Okay, I have a plugin with the following official header:


 {{{
 /*
 Plugin Name: Subscribe2
 Plugin URI: http://subscribe2.wordpress.com
 Description: Notifies an email list when new entries are posted.
 Version: 7.0.1
 Author: Matthew Robinson
 Author URI: http://subscribe2.wordpress.com
 Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-
 xclick&hosted_button_id=2387904
 */
 }}}


 Now I also have a fork of this code that enables the notifications to
 contain HTML rather than being plain text. I've made the headers as
 different as I can:

 {{{
 /*
 Plugin Name: Subscribe2 HTML
 Plugin URI: http://wpplugins.com/plugin/46/subscribe2-html/
 Description: Notifies an email list with an HTML email when new entries
 are posted.
 Version: 7.0
 Author: Matthew Robinson
 Author URI: http://wpplugins.com/plugin/46/subscribe2-html/
 Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-
 xclick&hosted_button_id=2387904
 */
 }}}

 But this STILL shows as being the same plugin even though the filename is
 different. This continues to happen even if I change the author name to
 Albert Einstein!

 Is the version comparison a little bit too fuzzy so they we are risking
 too many false positives? Or am I doing something wrong in the headers?

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