[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29820: Smooth installation and updating of plugins and themes

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#29820: Smooth installation and updating of plugins and themes
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 Reporter:  markjaquith      |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  4.1
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback      |     Focuses:  ui, javascript, administration
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Comment (by pento):

 [attachment:29820.diff] is a first pass at just adding updates to the
 "update now" link plugin list. It's just a simple example, because I'd
 like to think about some more difficult problems before we get too worried
 about implementation.

 For this chunk, can we show progress in a nice way? It's probably well
 outside of the scope of this feature to implement serious estimations on
 progress, but it may be nice to show progress through the 4 steps of
 updates (downloading, unpacking, installing, removing old version). Can
 this be shown reliably? Does it provide useful information?

 How do we handle failure? Show a message? Are there errors we can handle
 in a nicer manner?

 Something to sleep on. I'll tackle this some more tomorrow. :-)

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