[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30915: Automatic translation update does not trigger notification email

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#30915: Automatic translation update does not trigger notification email
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 Reporter:  ddaum            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration   |
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 Apparently, my translation files were updated over night (overwriting all
 my custom translations) and I didn't even get a notification email. I made
 sure that mail() and wp_mail() works and then found that in '''class-wo-
 upgrader.php:2803''' the email is only triggered for 'core' type updates,
 not 'translation' types or any other. A translation update can easily
 render a site useless, and a notification should be sent for EVERY SINGLE
 CHANGE that Wordpress decides to do to itself anyway.

 Also, the dashboard says that only "security updates" are installed
 automatically, and I would have never allowed translations to update
 automatically. Sure, digging deep in the online documentation later, I
 found the part about translations, but this '''should be mentioned in
 dashboard''' much clearer, including options to disable.

 In the end, I think '''automatic translation updates should be off by
 default'''. Automatically updating something always bears the risk of
 breaking the site (even if only semantically). The only time I'd rather
 risk breaking the side is when otherwise I would risk leaving a critical
 exploit open, not for some dumb fixed typos. In fact, those are not
 'critical' but 'trivial', putting them right on the other end of the
 criticality scale.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30915>
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