[wp-hackers] Plugin Management and Autoupdate System

[Computer Guru]

> I've started an Auto-Update-Plugin half a year ago too but decided to
> stop it when I saw that there was already another one. My idea was
> similar to the concept from Computer Guru, but I extended the RSS feed
> with some special tags:

I love the tags. (OT: I love your Sitemap generator too - I always forget I
have it, it's completely maintenance and trouble-free!)

I'm trying to make the feed as efficient as possible, so I just have a
channel author instead of an author for each version - there shouldn't be a
need to repeat that tag for every item.

It's prolly a good idea to include min/max WordPress versions, but _please_
let's not have the maxversion defined by default - look at Firefox: for
every new version all plugins need a rewrite. Maxversion should *only* be
used when it has been 100% verified that the plugin is broken in a higher
version - innocent until proven guilty.
 

Computer Guru
NeoSmart Technologies
http://neosmart.net/blog/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Arne Brachhold
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 3:32 AM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Plugin Management and Autoupdate System
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <rss xmlns:wpu="http://wordpress.org/dev/wpu/1.0/" version="2.0">
>    <channel>
>       <title>Google Sitemap Generator</title>
>       <link>http://bla.com/GoogleSitemapGenerator/</link>
>       <description>This generator will create a Google compliant
> sitemap of your WordPress blog.</description>
>       <language>en-us</language>
>       <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
>       <lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:41:01 GMT</lastBuildDate>
> 
>       <wpu:pluginLink>http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sm-
> home/</wpu:pluginLink>
>       <wpu:pluginName>GoogleSitemapGenerator</wpu:pluginName>
> 
>       <wpu:authorName>Arne Brachhold</wpu:authorName>
>       <wpu:authorLink>http://www.arnebrachhold.de/</wpu:authorLink>
> 
>       <item>
>          <title>Version 1.5</title>
>          <link>bla.com/GoogleSitemapGenerator/1.5/</link>
>          <description>Works with 2.0, but not 1.5</description>
>          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
>          <guid>http://bla.com/GoogleSitemapGenerator/1.5/</guid>
> 
> 		 <wpu:minWordPressVersion>2.0.2</wpu:minWordPressVersion>
> 		 <wpu:maxWordPressVersion>2.5</wpu:maxWordPressVersion>
> 
> 		 <wpu:minPhpVersion>4.3.3</wpu:minPhpVersion>
> 		 <wpu:maxPhpVersion>4.4.5</wpu:maxPhpVersion>
> 
> <wpu:downloadLink>http://www.arnebrachhold.de/get/sitemap/sitemap-
> 1.5.zip</wpu:downloadLink>
> 
> 		 <wpu:devStatus>beta</wpu:devStatus>
>       </item>
>       <item>
>          <title>Version 1.0</title>
>          <link>http://bla.com/GoogleSitemapGenerator/1.0/</link>
>          <description>Initial release.</description>
>          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
>          <guid>http://bla.com/GoogleSitemapGenerator/1.0/</guid>
> 
> 		 <wpu:minWordPressVersion>1.5</wpu:minWordPressVersion>
> 		 <wpu:maxWordPressVersion>1.5.2.2</wpu:maxWordPressVersion>
> 
> 		 <wpu:minPhpVersion>4.3.3</wpu:minPhpVersion>
> 		 <wpu:maxPhpVersion>4.4.5RC2</wpu:maxPhpVersion>
> 
> <wpu:downloadLink>http://www.arnebrachhold.de/get/sitemap/sitemap.1-
> 0.zip</wpu:downloadLink>
> 
> 		 <wpu:devStatus>stable</wpu:devStatus>
>       </item>
>    </channel>
> </rss>