[wp-hackers] Auto Update Plugins

[Viper007Bond]

I'd just like to say well said. You summed up my thoughts pretty well and
I'm going to follow suit. Tired of all this useless discussion that goes
nowhere productive/in circles and just clutters up my inbox. Cya wp-hackers.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:03 PM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:

> 2009/2/20 Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>:
> > I need to restate that a good part of the problem with .svn folders is a
> *bug*, not a personal preference.
> >
> > The plugin upgrader SHOULD NEVER FAIL after deleting the existing plugin
> and leaving the directory in a state that the plugin installer will not
> install any version of the plugin.  This is a BUG.
>
> You are completely right, Its a bug that WordPress cannot delete a
> folder which is does not have write access to.
>
> You are right, WordPress should not fail to install the new plugin if
> its not correctly cleaned out the old files.
>
> You are right, Leaving old plugin files around is the way things
> should happen, Afterall, You dont want the upgrade to fail!
>
> You are right, As always, And everything has to be the way it is in
> your mind, WordPress is NOT Drupal, It is NOT your perfect
> application, it is NOT a perfect application in anyones minds, But it
> is indeed a great piece of Software which fufils many peoples
> requirements.
>
> I'm tired of these long threads on here going nowhere, And too often i
> see you starting it, or kicking up dust, I've been on these mailing
> lists for awhile now, I'm definately not the longest person on here,
> Infact, I'm starting to realise why theres never any decent developer
> conversations on this mailing list anymore, Let alone in the IRC dev
> channel anymore, Whilst it isnt completely your fault, Its the final
> straw for me, I've chosen to blanket ignore most posts on here.. but
> after getting up in the morning to ~150+ messages and then ignoring
> the majority because they're absolutely full of useless ranting, Its
> too much.
>
> Bye wp-hackers, Hopefully a lot of you will one day put as much effort
> into creating patches for WordPress on Trac as you do talking about
> how much you wish something worked your way.
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