[wp-hackers] Development Process

[Ryan Boren]

Computer Guru wrote:
> OK, about this 'going nowhere'
> 
> If I write a plugin that will open a plugin file, grab something called
> 'update uri' from the meta data, access that URI, and see if the versions
> match, will you include it in the core?
> 
> I'd do it, it's not too hard. But it is 100% useless unless the meta data is
> made an official part of WP, and it is used by *all* plugin authors, else
> it's just another broken standard.
> 
> Is that fair?

It's already been done.  The three very simple plugin headers defined 
here look good to me.

http://mattread.com/projects/wp-plugins/installer-the-plugin/

And yes, we would include it in the core.  I'd like to get something 
into 2.2.

Ryan