[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60457: Plugin Dependencies: Running update_option within wp-settings can be catastrophic for a high traffic site

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#60457: Plugin Dependencies: Running update_option within wp-settings can be
catastrophic for a high traffic site
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 Reporter:  dd32          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  performance
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Comment (by dd32):

 To be clear; This isn't against plugin dependencies, just not at the cost
 of lowering WordPress performance, or causing issues for high traffic
 WordPress sites.

 I can understand fully why the dependency checking is being performed at
 plugin inclusion time, as the environment may have changed (ie. site re-
 deployed with a new PHP version), but for 99.999% of WordPress sites, this
 isn't something that's going to be an issue for them, and for the 0.001%
 that it is, accessing wp-admin or another admin contextual page is likely
 going to be an acceptable workaround.

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