[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53042: Updates for older branches missing when checking for updates

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#53042: Updates for older branches missing when checking for updates
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 Reporter:  Ov3rfly          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by dd32):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 Ov3rfly]:
 > Ok thanks for information. As no site in older branches here has
 received automatic updates until now

 It was progressively enabled due to network capacity limitations, I'm
 guessing that the sites you were looking at were most likely in one of the
 last groups to be enabled (or, the request wasn't from a WordPress client,
 in which case it definitely was in the last group) as I know older
 branches were most definately getting the updates :)

 As you've noted, since my last comment all sites would've got the
 autoupdate.

 I'm going to close this ticket as `worksforme` as a) The API is serving
 all autoupdates now (and was working as intended) and b) as outlined
 above, I don't think offering a manual update to a not-the-latest release
 is something we should be encouraging (Exception to that: When we increase
 PHP requirements, older PHP versions do currently get an update
 notification to an older WP branch that their PHP is still supported on)

 I'll mention it to the #core-auto-updates slack channel to see if anyone
 feels strongly enough against that though, and if so, can re-open / create
 a ticket for it.

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