[wp-hackers] Development Process

[Jason Salaz]

On 7/28/06, Kimmo Suominen <kimmo+key+wordpress.c4f53f at suominen.com> wrote:
> Firefox has automatic plugin updates (and version checks), and it does
> not require a centralized server.  Each plugin provides the information
> necessary on where to check for updates.
>
> If WordPress had such an interface defined, I'd certainly support it
> for my plugins.

You know... the dashboard would be damn near perfect for this.
If every plugin had an RSS feed for release announcements, and the plugin;
(1) Hooked into the feed polling locations for the dashboard and;
(2) Retrieved it from the owner's website (or wherever the RSS feed is
hosted, as indicated by the plugin);
That would be the perfect centralized announcement location.

A lot of us have always said/thought the dashboard should be a LOT
more customizable / flexible...