[wp-hackers] WordPress plugin update bugs

[Omry Yadan]

Ozh wrote:

> Also, I think that would be an extra motivation for plugin devs to get 
> their plugin hosted on wp.org if it's clearly shown that their plugin is 
> not pinged, rather than this "could be up to date" lack of notice.
>   
So you think it's okay to discriminate plugins that are not hosted in 
wp.org to "motivate authors".

Here are a few reasons why I wont host FireStats on wp.org:
1. Current license is CC-NC, and I though long before I chose it over 
GPL. if I chose to switch to a GPL compatibly license, it will certainly 
NOT be because someone forced my hand to do it.
2. FireStats supports a wide range of other systems, and it does not 
make any sense to host it in wp.org.
3. I already have my own infrastructure that I am happy with (SVN, Trac, 
Wiki, Demo etc). I am not going to throw all this.

and finally - I already have my own version check mechanism, so I am not 
too worried about users not being aware of new versions.

I can make just the WordPress plugin file be GPL; host it on wp,org, and 
require that users will install FireStats separately (and in fact I 
already support this installation mode - it's called Satellite 
installation), but this makes installation harder for users, so it's not 
a real option.


I think it's appropriate to allow creating Plugin pages without hosting 
the plugins.
Ideally it will also be possibly to update the information via some 
protocol (XMLRPC?), to allow easy integration with other repositories.

    Omry.