[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50280: Enable auto-updates shows for plugins with no support

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#50280: Enable auto-updates shows for plugins with no support
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 Reporter:  elrae                                |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback has-dev-note  |     Focuses:  docs,
                                                 |  administration
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Comment (by pbiron):

 Replying to [comment:30 dd32]:
 > Replying to [comment:29 pbiron]:
 > > While I understand the [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/15
 /controlling-plugin-and-theme-auto-updates-ui-in-
 wordpress-5-5/#comment-38986 concerns] raised by @stephencronin (and
 others), those concerns are really about updates in general
 >
 > I kind of agree with you that a lot of the concerns that people raise,
 are centered around update-support and not necessarily about Automatic
 updates.
 > However, it's IMHO short sighted to disconnect automatic updates from
 updates in general; they're very much reliant upon each other and tightly
 tied together.

 Sorry if I wasn't clear, the thrust of my comment was that the concerns
 **as raised** (and the proposed solution in the PR) are "disconnecting
 automatic updates from updates in general" and should be solved at the
 level of "updates in general" rather than ''just'' for automatic updates.

 For example, the [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/pull/431/files#diff-6a9829457e444e05fc0885fe98b77bb0R208 PR
 proposes]

 {{{#!php
 $plugin_data = array_merge( (array) $plugin_info->no_update[ $plugin_file
 ], array( 'auto-update-supported' => true ), $plugin_data );
 }}}

 which I think "disconnects automatic updates from updates in general".

 I would be **much** more comfortable with something more general, like:

 {{{#!php
 $plugin_data = array_merge( (array) $plugin_info->no_update[ $plugin_file
 ], array( 'update-supported' => true ), $plugin_data );
 }}}

 Making the new key about "updates in general" rather than simply about
 "auto-updates" would then allow a future version of WP to show an
 indication in the list table that **manual** updates are also not
 supported (the design of such an indication TBD).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50280#comment:35>
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