[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8868: Excessively assertive messages in plugin installer

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#8868: Excessively assertive messages in plugin installer
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 Reporter:  Ozh           |       Owner:  dd32                     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.7.1                    
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  2.7                      
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  plugins plugins-installer
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 The plugin installer has excessive messages.

 Example: "Warning: This plugin has not been tested with your  current
 version of WordPress." shows when the "tested up to:" field is missing,
 while this may be totally deliberate to omit this field.

 Assertions should be only:
  * "has not been tested" if "tested up to" < $wp_version.
  * "is not compatible" if "requires" > $wp_version

 In other cases, messages should not be this positive.

 Suggestions:
  * Don't show the warning when "tested up to" is missing
  * ignore minor WP version number since they're very unlikely to change a
 plugin behavior
  * be less assertive: "This plugin might or might not have been tested"

 wp-hacker thread, for reference: http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-
 hackers/2009-January/023774.html

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