[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51809: What happens to the about page with major auto-updates?

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#51809: What happens to the about page with major auto-updates?
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 Reporter:  helen         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  5.7
Component:  Help/About    |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 We love our about pages and put a lot of work into them, but moving
 forward fewer and fewer sites will be seeing the about page as they move
 to major auto-updates and won't be redirected to it after hitting the
 update button. It's still there under the W menu, but not as much of a
 push to check out what's new.

 Some possibilities:
 * A prompt saying "hey you've updated to the latest and greatest
 WordPress! Check out what's new!" (or similar, noting that notice fatigue
 is real, and also that this is a reasonably common pattern in constantly
 updating apps)
 * Get rid of the about page but prompt to check out the .org announcement
 post
 * Get rid of the about page (a little sad)
 * Leave as-is and just accept that fewer people will see it (also sad)

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