[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54425: Exclude plugins and themes from PHP Compatibility scans

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#54425: Exclude plugins and themes from PHP Compatibility scans
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 Reporter:  desrosj           |       Owner:  desrosj
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  5.9
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desrosj):

 I came across this when I had several plugins from WordPress.org installed
 and the scan was displaying a lot of errors. The plugins are not a part of
 Core, so I figured the Core ruleset could exclude them.

 Plugins don't need to support the same PHP versions as WordPress since
 they can define their own lower limit (WooCommerce only supports PHP 7.0+,
 for example), so this could result in some very noisy scan results when
 trying to verify WordPress Core is compatible with the current ruleset.

 Happy to revert if there's consensus, but as far as I know, the thinking
 has always been to only run scans on files included in the final WordPress
 package.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54425#comment:4>
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