[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54882: Allow to install/activate themes/plugin which require the next WordPress version

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#54882: Allow to install/activate themes/plugin which require the next WordPress
version
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 Reporter:  ocean90         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  5.9.1
Component:  Plugins         |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 I have noticed this while creating a plugin to disable the login language
 switcher. As it's a feature introduced in 5.9 I have set the minimum
 required WP version to 5.9. Unfortunately with that setup it's not
 possible to test the plugin with any a beta or RC release, see attached
 screenshot.
 The same came up after the version was bumped for Twenty Twenty-Two in
 [52614]. The "fix" was to skip the tests in [52617].

 Im proposing to change `is_wp_version_compatible()` to remove any custom
 suffixes to ensure `version_compare()` can do its job right.
 While `is_wp_version_compatible()` was introduced in 5.2, the use of the
 function in the list tables was added in [51678].

 Note: If you think "why not set the required version to 5.9-alpha", this
 isn't supported, see [meta7874].

 Set the milestone to 5.9.1 since it's probably too late for 5.9 although
 it would allow us to revert [52617].

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