[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22316: Plugin Dependencies (Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Ticket)

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#22316: Plugin Dependencies (Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Ticket)
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  3.4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback  |
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Comment (by griffinjt):

 On the topic of versioning dependencies, I discussed this at length with a
 friend of mine who is a PHP/Java developer and we came up with this:
 https://github.com/bubba-h57/PHP-Library-Version-Framework. Using
 namespaces plus a factory was the only viable way we could find to fix the
 issue of class version dependencies, but that can't even be considered
 until WordPress support PHP 5.3 and most plugin devs won't be able to
 implement something like it.

 While I think header comments are nice, I think a more robust API should
 be created for handling this, especially when you start getting into the
 issue of forcing activation/deactivation with dependencies. Maybe header
 comments could be used to initialize the API, and from there plugin dev
 could utilize a class with hooks/filters.

 External plugin dependencies (e.g. commercial plugins) should also at
 least be considered should something like this make it into core. There
 doesn't need to be a specific way to handle external items but at least
 some hooks or filters to allow commercial plugins to make use of it.

 I'd be more than happy to contribute to the planning and development
 process of this. It's why I created TGM Plugin Activation in the first
 place. :-)

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