[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14912: Introduce register_upgrade_hook()

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#14912: Introduce register_upgrade_hook()
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 Reporter:  scribu           |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:                
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  needs-patch   
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Comment(by scribu):

 > Eric's idea is impractical: fetching the version of plugins on all page
 loads involves parsing their headers. That remained quite slow last I
 checked.

 Not at all. Plugins that would call register_upgrade_hook() would have
 their current version stored in the DB, and then, only on each admin page
 load check that option, which would get autoloaded anyway.

 It would just be a standardization of what plugin authors would have to do
 anyway.

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