[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32101: Ability to mark plugin as unmanaged

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#32101: Ability to mark plugin as unmanaged
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 Reporter:  damonganto               |       Owner:  DrewAPicture
     Type:  task (blessed)           |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  Plugins                  |     Version:  4.1.2
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by apedog):

 * severity:  major => normal


Comment:

 First off I'd like to admin an embarrassing fact..
 The plugin slug conflict did ''NOT'' cause the deletion of my plugin on
 auto-update.
 My plugin was configured to update from github - and wp core respected
 that.
 What happened was that I had accidentally moved the plugin inside another
 plugin's directory. (I believe wp also looks one directory down the
 hierarchy - so it was still available on the Plugins page as it always had
 been). My plugin was deleted when its "parent" plugin had auto-updated.
 So that's that. I'm sorry if I sent anyone chasing down this wrong rabbit
 hole.

 As it stands, the plugin retains its association with the github
 repository/version so long as its activated. On deactivation it reverts to
 being erroneously associated with the plugin of the same name on
 WordPress.org and displays the notice suggesting an upgrade. ie. to be
 replaced by the wp.org plugin (which is at a higher version).

 > IF we were to add that, I would want an SVN commit blocker on anyone
 trying to upload something to .org with that header as anything but
 WordPress, in order to prevent them from accidentally breaking their
 plugins the other way. Or just block that header entirely.
 That sounds very reasonable.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32101#comment:67>
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