[wp-hackers] Auto Update Plugins

[Dan Gayle]

It seems to me that the big issue here is purely semantic:

You need a writable directory
You have a writable directory -> Uploads

That's where the semantics come in:
Some don't want to have Uploads be the name of the writable directory  
that plugins use
Some don't care what the directory name is, as long as it is writable.

Perhaps the answer is that we redefine or rename "Uploads" or else  
create a separate directory.

On Feb 18, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Rich Pedley wrote:

> 2009/2/18 scribu <scribu at gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>>> And that's fine. I'm just arguing that those files should be put  
>>> into
>>> the uploads folder, or a subfolder off of it.
>>>
>>
>> Why (especially if those files are to be put there by the user,  
>> using FTP) ?
>
> Because a plugin can automatically create the directory and transfer
> files to it. (in most cases)
>
> Rich
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