[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22802: Empower Plugin Developers to make Symlink Compatible Plugins

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#22802: Empower Plugin Developers to make Symlink Compatible Plugins
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 Reporter:  MikeSchinkel                        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Plugins                             |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:  3.4.2
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by naomicbush):

 As a plugin developer, this really is a real problem. Every time there's a
 new version of WordPress, I spin up up to 5 separate installs for testing
 just that version (and I'm sure others do more but I've chosen to not
 support ridiculously old versions of PHP and WordPress). And then, any
 time I make a change to the plugin, I have to test it in each of those 5
 installs, not to mention the 5 installs for each earlier version
 (depending on how far I want to go back). Maybe I'm doing_it_wrong, but
 for me, symlinking is the only reasonable way to continually test a plugin
 in multiple WordPress installs. Checking out and updating the code in each
 of those locations every time I make a change and want to test it is a bit
 much, to put it mildly. I'm currently squeaking by with Alex's code but a
 real solution would be so much better. ''Please?''

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