[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57873: PHPMailer: Update to v6.8.0

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#57873: PHPMailer: Update to v6.8.0
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 Reporter:  ayeshrajans         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  External Libraries  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch           |     Focuses:
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Old description:

> PHPMailer v6.8.0 is released.
>
> Diff: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/compare/v6.7...v6.8.0
> Changelog:
> https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/changelog.md#version-680
> -march-6th-2023

New description:

 PHPMailer 6.8.0. has just been released. Mostly a bug fix release, though
 it also contains a new feature (DSN URL parsing).

 Full details:
 * https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.8.0
 * https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/compare/v6.7...v6.8.0

 @jrf has reviewed the diff and the changes look sensible to her, so she
 would recommend an update.

 **To be decided**: should the new `src/DSNConfigurator.php` file be
 included in WP or not ?

 Previously: #53430, #53953, #54514, #55187, #55277, #55976, #56016,
 #56413, #56772, #57281

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Comment (by jrf):

 Replying to [comment:5 ayeshrajans]:
 > Bleeding-edge PHPMailer :) Thank you.
 >
 > #57874 has a way better description. I don't think I can edit the
 original description; I'm happy with however you suggest we proceed. We
 could copy-paste but perhaps someone with permissions update the ticket?

 I have updated the description of this ticket now.

 > I took the liberty of deciding to not include the new DSN class because
 we initialize PHPMailer on our own, use no autoloader, and because we
 don't include the whole PHPMailer library anyway.

 That makes perfect sense to me.


 > > Also: the Hindi translation has been updated - do we need to ping the
 Polyglots team to get the translation used by WP updated as well ?
 >
 > From what I see, we catch PHPMailer exceptions and throw a `WP_Error`
 with `wp_mail_failed`, containing the Exception message thrown by
 PHPMailer. However, we don't use PHPMailer's localization, so the
 Exception messages would be the same in v6.8.0 too. My guess is that we
 don't need to bother with the translations, because as far as WordPress is
 concerned, we don't change any of the source text strings. I don't
 understand Hindi to know if the updated translations are dramatically
 different, but pinging them could prove useful.

 Want to send out a ping in Slack ? There must be a polyglots channel
 there, I suppose ?

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