[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43986: Disable "Install Plugin" button for PHP required version mismatch

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#43986: Disable "Install Plugin" button for PHP required version mismatch
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 Reporter:  schlessera                           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Plugins                              |     Version:
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests servehappy dev-     |     Focuses:
  feedback has-patch                             |
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Comment (by joyously):

 Your constant patches make it difficult to see the discussion. My comment
 got lost in the flurry, but I think it deserves an answer.

 == Why are we disabling the Install button at all? Why are we not focusing
 on activation?

 > It is my hope that decisions on the user interface keep in mind what the
 user is doing when this `Install plugin` button is disabled. This really
 only affects those sites with a lower version of PHP than the plugin has.
 But there could be plugins that are on the bleeding edge oh PHP that the
 user is not interested in.
 >
 > The first step in upgrading PHP (beyond understanding the concepts) is
 to determine if the plugins and theme will work on the new version. For
 this, the user needs to see the numbers because he's looking ''before''
 the upgrade. The user has to choose plugins that will work with a
 different version than his current version. Then he has to upgrade, and
 then he has to switch to those plugins he found. (Or install the plugins,
 but not activate yet.)
 >
 > **Perhaps instead of disabling the install button, we should be
 disabling activation only.**

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43986#comment:59>
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