[wp-hackers] Idea: Plugin Version Limitation

[Viper007Bond]

Yes, same here, not all of my extensions worked under FF3, but a greater
number did which is why I have extensions.checkCompatibility disabled.

But anyway, as long as it's optional for developers, it's fine by me.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> wrote:
> > -1, it'd be a pain to keep those version numbers up to date and people
> would
> > just end up setting the max-version to like "10.0.0".
>
> No argument, however that would be a valid option for somebody to do.
> You can do that with Firefox extensions as well. Few people do,
> however.
>
> Still, for a plugin which is always going to work (say it's something
> simple, like a mere filter on the_content), then marking it as forward
> compatible for several versions is a valid choice to make.
>
> > 1/2 the Firefox extensions I use that aren't marked as 3.0 compatible
> work
> > fine for me, so really it doesn't work as well as intended IMO.
>
> I greatly disagree with that assessment.
>
> When I upgraded to FF3 RC3, several extensions of mine stopped
> working. When I manually overrode that behavior, FF3 would crash on
> startup. I had to switch to safe mode to disable them and get it
> working again. Later, newer versions of those extensions were
> released, and FF3 notified me and upgraded them.
>
> -Otto
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