Bumping supported version

[szepeviktor]

When a plugin author bumps supported core version in readme.txt we get "Checksum does not match"

[shawnhooper]

+1 My test results are returning Checksum does not match on 3 plugins' readme.txt files.

[danielbachhuber]

@szepeviktor @shawnhooper Can you share which plugins are impacted by this?

@schlessera Maybe we should only Warning: when readme.txt differs?

[szepeviktor]

Maybe we should only Warning: when readme.txt differs?

Yes.

If a plugin author knows of this trick then readme will change outside releases.

[szepeviktor]

Can you share which plugins are impacted by this?

For example wp-postratings and classic-smilies

[shawnhooper]

Can you share which plugins are impacted by this?

advanced-custom-fields, duplicate-post, and google-drive-embedder on the site I tested with.

[schlessera]

@eriktorsner had included the concept of "soft changes" in his implementation: https://github.com/eriktorsner/wp-checksum/blob/6ed1a5ea5fb77f418a4abaf27795626ade75c863/src/PluginChecker.php#L22-L24

I'd suggest using the same approach, ignoring soft changes, while optionally allowing strict checks through an additional parameter.

[schlessera]

The "soft change" functionality was now added.

readme.txt changes should now be ignored unless you specify the --strict flag.

[szepeviktor]

Thank you.