#7384 closed enhancement (fixed)
Allow replacement ZIP upload for new submissions
Reported by: | dd32 | Owned by: | |
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Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
Component: | Plugin Directory | Keywords: | has-patch |
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Description
Currently the plugin review queue accepts a single ZIP upload, which is then used for review.
Iterations of the plugin are then emailed to the plugins team directly.
There are two different stages of plugins where we deal with ZIPs:
- New, unreviewed
- Pending, being reviewed
In the first case, we should just allow the plugin author to upload an additional ZIP, so the reviewer has it when they pick up the plugin. This is more of an issue now that the review queue is >1 week, there's a higher chance that the plugin has been iterated on while it's waiting to be reviewed. Authors often contact us asking "how do we send it?", and often also send time-limited or login-required links.
In the second case, almost all plugins need iterations before being approved, the ad-hoc nature of emailing ZIPs means that our automated tools can't easily be run over the files without manual work. It also bypasses the super-basic checks included in the current upload submission process.
In other words - To simplify the review process for all, we should allow additional ZIP to be uploaded for plugins (prior to approval).
Change History (19)
This ticket was mentioned in PR #189 on WordPress/wordpress.org by @dd32.
9 months ago
#3
- Keywords has-patch added
Draft PR for review purposes.
Pending plugins:
When a plugin is in the pending state, the plugin reviewers still need to be notified somehow about the fact a new fixed ZIP has been provided.
There's two real options here:
I'm thinking that we really need to do both; the reason is several fold:
So.. I think it needs to be both: Attempt to re-open/note the ticket, but also ask the author to respond to the review email noting which issues they've fixed and if they have any questions/concerns raised by the team.