[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50268: Improve the plugin/theme auto-update emails

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#50268: Improve the plugin/theme auto-update emails
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 Reporter:  desrosj                              |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-copy-review has-patch needs-   |     Focuses:  ui-copy
  testing                                        |
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Comment (by desrosj):

 @Presskopp @garrett-eclipse I'm not sure I like including version numbers
 in this email for a few reasons.

 Plugin and theme version numbers are not standardized in any way. One
 plugin could have version x.xx.x.x and another could have x.x. This could
 be very confusing and overwhelming to anyone that is not technical
 (information overload). The Core versions are included because they are
 standardized, they are always accompanied by documentation, and there are
 release posts/field guides that accompany each release.

 It also places stress on the version. Which, for the majority of site
 owners won't matter. As we move towards the lofty goal of more frequent,
 seamless releases (ideally similar to the browser versioning where it just
 updates and works), the importance of the version number should fade away.

 I do see how it may be important to some. If there is a lot of support for
 adding the version numbers, I'd see about disabling that by default and
 maybe having a filter to include those versions. I'm interested in what
 others think, though.

 Another thing I wanted to mention for any of our copy review folks that
 may hop in and help out. The goal here is to match the tone of the current
 Core auto-update emails as best as possible. There are no plans to modify
 those Core auto-update emails at this time. So matching the tone and feel
 in the plugin/theme emails is important for consistency and making this
 new feature feel natural.

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