[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20907: About screen text assumes user has update privileges

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#20907: About screen text assumes user has update privileges
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 Reporter:  johnbillion               |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Help/About                |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by kpdesign):

 * keywords:  has-patch => needs-patch dev-feedback


Comment:

 @johnbillion: Thanks for the report. I'm sorry it took so long to get a
 response.

 @leewillis77: Thanks for the patch. Looks like the hard-coded version
 number issue was fixed in [changeset:26737].

 I can verify that this is still an issue in trunk. "Thank you for updating
 to WordPress 3.9, the most beautiful WordPress yet." displays for all
 users, not just users with the `update_core` capability.

 There are 3 possible solutions:

 - Create a generic version of the message that would be displayed to all
 users.
 - Only show the message to users who have the `update_core` capability,
 and hide it from all other users.
 - Use the same approach as the update banner, and show one message to
 users with the `update_core` capability, and another message to all other
 users.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20907#comment:4>
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