[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22704: Automatic Core Updates

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#22704: Automatic Core Updates
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 Reporter:  pento            |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback     |
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Changes (by MikeSchinkel):

 * cc: mike@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 mikehansenme]:
 > IMO auto upgrades are about security not new features. If we can keep
 plugins/themes updated as well, I think the amount of hacked sites we see
 will go down.

 I would tend to agree.  Auto update to major versions is something I can
 see breaking sites, but of course if you can disable auto-update for major
 versions via a hook then I don't think it will be a problem. If there's
 significant custom development on a site that might break then the site
 builder has the skills to add the ''"no-major-version-update"'' hook as
 well.

 For plugins I think that would require version numbers to actually matter,
 and right now there's no well-known advice provided for plugin developers
 on how to do versioning ''"right"''.  Maybe WordPress plugins could
 adoption [http://semver.org Semantic Versioning] as the best practice and
 then opt-in via a header line ''"Auto Update: Yes"'' for automatic
 versioning?

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