[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #3992: Get WP's bumpbot for compressing js/css and incrementing version numbers

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#3992: Get WP's bumpbot for compressing js/css and incrementing version numbers
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 Reporter:  boonebgorges              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Core                      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback needs-patch  |
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Description changed by boonebgorges:

Old description:

> See #WP1952.
>
> WordPress recently introduced the 'bumpbot', a sister script to potbot
> that regularly checks for changes to .dev.css/.dev.js files, bumps
> version numbers if necessary to bust browser caches, and compresses them.
>
> nacin has offered to help set up bumpbot for BP. Before we can move
> forward, we have to regularize our version strings. We're currently using
> date strings like '20120210', at least in bp-default's main css/js files.
> WP's opted to use $wp_version throughout (removing manual version
> specifications when registering scripts, thereby falling back on
> $wp_version; see http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/19621).
>
> nacin reasonably suggests that we do something similar. Switch our js/css
> version number to $bp->version, and have the bumpbot autoincrement it
> here http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-loader.php#L55
>
> No time at the moment to write a patch, but I can look at it later. Any
> objections?

New description:

 See #WP1952.

 WordPress recently introduced the 'bumpbot', a sister script to potbot
 that regularly checks for changes to .dev.css/.dev.js files, bumps version
 numbers if necessary to bust browser caches, and compresses them.

 nacin has offered to help set up bumpbot for BP. Before we can move
 forward, we have to regularize our version strings. We're currently using
 date strings like '20120210', at least in bp-default's main css/js files.
 WP's opted to use $wp_version throughout (removing manual version
 specifications when registering scripts, thereby falling back on
 $wp_version; see http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/19621).

 nacin reasonably suggests that we do something similar. Switch our js/css
 version number to $bp->version, and have the bumpbot autoincrement it here
 http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-loader.php#L55.
 We'll have to pass our version manually to wp_register_script(), of
 course.

 No time at the moment to write a patch, but I can look at it later. Any
 objections?

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