[wp-hackers] What Should A Plugin Author Do To Make Plugins Extensible?

[Mike Schinkel]

On Aug 30, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Raj wrote:
> Wish there was some way to resolve dependencies in Wordpress. For example, a
> plugin that works depending on WP-eCommerece when installed, should prompt
> the user of a missing dependency and offer to automatically install it. Has
> this ever been considered before?

Considered, and discussed ad-nausem (search the archives.) With no resolution.

Maybe for v3.1?  

http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/at-this-weeks-dev-chat-well-start-t/

-Mike