[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #4857: Automatic download of translations from translate.wordpress.org

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#4857: Automatic download of translations from translate.wordpress.org
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 Reporter:  DJPaul                   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  1.8
Component:  i18n                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 > I think auto-updating the language file is fine, and cool. Eventually,
 this is going to happen when people install a new plugin from
 WordPress.org.

 According to whom? It seems awfully intrusive to me. I can't think of
 anyplace in WordPress where the filesystem is modified without explicit
 action by the user. This goes especially for a case where a WP install is
 phoning an external service (albeit a relatively benign one like
 wordpress.org) and automatically propagating changes based on that
 service. Even services like iOS, etc ask for you to confirm updates.

 In addition, automatic updates would wreak a certain sort of havoc with
 people who keep their codebases under version control and use deployment
 tools.

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