[wp-hackers] WordPress plugin update bugs

[Michael D Adams]

On Oct 4, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Jared Bangs wrote:
> Excellent. So, just to be clear, the update check only depends on the
> plugin name from the plugin file itself, and there is no requirement
> for the readme file as it relates to automatic updates?

Correct with the exception that you can use the trunk/readme.txt file  
to define the stable version of your plugin as mentioned in the FAQ:  
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/faq/

Michael