[wp-testers] Testers wanted: Plugin update testing

[Kirk M]

I've been using the latest nightly builds (not currently set up for SVN), 
currently running 03/09/08. On both my test site and my main which is using 
the latest 2.5, the upgrade fails with the following:

>Downloading update from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.zip

>Unpacking the update

>Incompatible archive

This has been going on over the last several nightly builds no matter which 
plugin upgrade I tested. I actually haven't had a successful upgrade yet. 
Just as a note, the OneClick plugin works with no problem in WP 2.5 if that 
helps any.



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From: "DD32" <wordpress at dd32.id.au>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:58 PM
To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
Subject: [wp-testers] Testers wanted: Plugin update testing

> Hi all Testers,
> Wordpress 2.5 is due to be released sometime soon(When ever its ready i 
> believe - But thats another threads discussion).
>
> But so far theres been very little bug reports flowing in for the plugin 
> updater, So, I ask of you, The Testers, To grab the latest SVN copy of 
> WordPress, install an old plugin (One thats available on WordPress.org) 
> and hit the "updgrade automatically" link on the plugins page.
>
>
> An alternative to downloading a older version of the plugin, is to simply 
> change the version header of a existing plugin, For testing, i've mainly 
> been using akismet:
> (after changing)
> <?php
> /*
> Plugin Name: Akismet
> Version: 2.1.0
> Author: Matt Mullenweg
> Author URI: http://photomatt.net/
> */
>
> Do the upgrade proceedure and it should click click over pretty smoothly 
> to update it
> If anyone has a problem while attempting an upgrade, Please post back with 
> the messages shown on the upgrade page. (I'll then follow up with a plugin 
> i have which should help pin-point the problem)
>
>
> Note:
> How the upgrade proceedure works:
> + WordPress notices theres a new plugin version available, displays links 
> on plugin page
> + User clicks upgrade link
> + WordPress asks for FTP details to connect to the local account to 
> perform the upgrade (Note: At present, FTP is FORCED to be used for beta 
> testing)
> + WordPress connects via ftp
> + WordPress attempts to locate the WordPress folder
> + WordPress downloads the latest .zip
> + WordPRess extracts the files from the .zip to a temporary directory
> + WordPress deletes the old plugin files
> + WordPress copies the new files into their place
> + WordPress deletes its temporary files, And upgrade complete
>
> It could fail at any one of those steps, And given the number of failure 
> points, I'm supprised theres only been 2 reports of it not working 
> correctly (Both since fixed up)
>
> I also stress, WordPress trunk is still pre-beta stage, It is not designed 
> to work in production environments right now, While i use it on a live 
> site without any problems, I cant guarantee you wont have trouble, Try 
> running it on a test install first, then it everythings running allright, 
> only then decide to try it on your live setup :)
>
> Cheers,
> DD32
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