[wp-hackers] Richer metadata for plugin versions

[Otto]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jesse Friedman
<highfive at jesserfriedman.com> wrote:
> I would love to see plugin id's assigned by the extend API. Then each
> plugin could have a unique identifier.
>
> With a unique identifier and appended version number themes could
> potentially request the use of specific plugins. Then once installed
> initiate (with the admins permission of course) an install of those plugins.

No need for unique ID's in order to do that.

http://ottopress.com/2012/themeplugin-dependencies/

-Otto