[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22316: Plugin Dependencies (Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Ticket)

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#22316: Plugin Dependencies (Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Ticket)
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  3.4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback  |
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Changes (by jltallon):

 * cc: jltallon@… (added)


Comment:

 Plugin *and* Theme dependencies:
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 We have found ourselves needing certain functionalities from (activated)
 plugins for themes to work properly (modular code), specially w.r.t.
 Custom Post Types: the CPT in a plugin, with some code to help use it,
 while the display logic is in the theme itself.

 I hereby propose extending the functionality to theme headers too.
 Versioned dependencies are a must if we want to enable code sharing.
 For a good example on what *definitively* works, look at Debian. We can
 use the same format, too:

 -- cpt-shared-3/cpt-shared-plugin.php --
 {{{
 /*
  Plugin: cpt-shared
  Version: 3
 */
 }}}
 -- cpt-foo-plugin-1.0/foo-plugin.php --
 {{{
 /*
  Plugin: CPT FOO Functionality
  Version: 1.0
  Provides: cpt-foo
  Depends: cpt-shared (>= 2)
 */
 }}}


 -- my-super-duper-theme/functions.php --
 {{{
 /*
  Theme: My Super Duper Theme 1
  Depends: cpt-foo (>= 1.0)
 */
 }}}

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