[wp-hackers] Idea: Plugin Version Limitation

[Charles E. Frees-Melvin]

What if the update after updating has a "The Following Plugins have
not yet been fully tested with this version of WordPress"

2008/6/16 Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>:
> 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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