[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60992: Plugin management: AJAX plugin activation consequences

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#60992: Plugin management: AJAX plugin activation consequences
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 Reporter:  jeherve                              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.5.3
Component:  Plugins                              |     Version:  6.5
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing has-         |     Focuses:
  testing-info needs-design-feedback             |
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Comment (by alanfuller):

 Replying to [comment:74 jorbin]:
 > Additionally, The reason why auto-redirecting isn't a good option right
 now is the question of when do you do that in a multi install process? If
 your goal is to install a plugin with a dependency, should that dependency
 redirect you away from installing the plugin you wanted to install to
 begin with?

 Isn't that downtothe developers of the multi install plugins to work out.

 Maybe I don't quite get the reasoning behind multiinstallin the first
 place.

 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems pretty niche to me.

 Lets say I build a plugin that depends on another plugin, then  I would
 code it so I wouldn't start my onboarding until the other plugin is
 active, this is easy to by setting an option on activation hook and
 deleteing when teh conditions of onboarding are met.

 The 'issue' arising when the plugin I'm dependent on  has it's own
 onboarding, but the realatity is either it would be a plugin I control or
 a plugin that Ihave a close enough relationships with the developer we
 could share a scheme.

 However, I'd love to know how many plugins of the 60,000  use or plan
 touse multi plugin dependencies.

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