[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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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 If we do auto-upgrade, there has to be an opt-out method (an option
 define(AUTO_UPGRADE, false); at the very least) so we can regression test
 plugins and hacks. While auto-upgrades, in general, are awesome ideas for
 the small-fry sites (casual bloggers with limited tech chops and few
 plugins), it becomes problematic when you introduce plugins like
 BuddyPress, which often '''must''' be upgraded with WP in order to work to
 it's fullest potential (or work at all, and this is not a dig on BP, it's
 just that it's very much tied in to core - nature of the beast).

 Auto-upgrading minor releases strikes me as a better first-step. Kind of
 like the hotfix, only with less of a 'You still need to upgrade the
 plugin' need. That would help security a lot, and make it possible for in
 a case where we have, say, the need for a fix in v 3.5.3 the day before we
 want to drop 3.6 to cover both. A silent auto-up of a couple files (now
 that we have the incremental updates yay!) would be unnoticed by most
 users, and CYA till they can do the major up. From a support persective,
 the minor upgrades aren't 100% painless, but they're usually quiet enough
 that I wouldn't envision massive headaches for this.

 I am ''NOT'' proposing we support older versions, just putting a use-case
 out there. I recall we've had cases where we had to upgrade a previous
 release due to the timing of the major release, and this could help us out
 there and make it less of a headache.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22704#comment:12>
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