[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5560: Integration of WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin Into Core WordPress Code

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#5560: Integration of WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin Into Core WordPress Code
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 Reporter:  keithdsouza  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.5      
Component:  General      |      Version:  2.4      
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment (by matt):

 Fundamentally, I think the reason this should be core is that WordPresss
 being use as, and has the responsibilities of, a platform. Therefore it's
 useful to look at the evolution of a few of the other most successful
 platforms out there, I would consider the top 4 to be Windows, Mac OS X,
 Flash, and Firefox. Each has a built-in update mechanism that is essential
 to the security of its users and gives it, to varying degrees of success,
 extremely good upgrade rates. (I think Firefox is our closest analogue.)

 We are all familiar with the high-profile WP blogs running old versions of
 the software, and what happens to them. If a blog is hacked or compromised
 people don't care if it's a 2-year-old version of WP, it reflects badly on
 us and permanently damages our reputation in their eyes. IMO it's the
 biggest threat to WP today.

 My biggest regret is that this issue has festered for so long, I think
 partially because I switched to SVN-managing all my blogs a long time ago
 and forgot what a pain it was to upgrade/install, even as streamlined as
 we've made the process.

 Like anything, I expect this to be a feature iterated on and improved in
 future version of WP after the one it ships in, for example it might be
 cool to have it utilize native SVN commands if available, and a file MD5
 check UI and diff viewer.

 We've hooked a huge number of people on the power of WordPress because
 it's so easy to get started with, let's keep it working for them and not
 shooting them in the foot.

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