On 2 August 2010 00:29, Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:27 PM, K. Peachey p858snake@yahoo.com.au wrote:
So every-time someone that creates/modifies a extension wants to update its version number? which is why it was recommended to go wiki base, but that as well has it flaws.
I really don't think it would be a good idea to allow unvetted code to be downloaded and installed automatically. That's too easy for an attacker to abuse. But it's probably a reasonable tradeoff for some people. I don't know, I'm probably not going to be working on this anytime soon, so I don't make the decisions.
That's how WordPress does it - pretty much everyone runs WP with a metric buttload of extensions, so they're in the phoning home and one-click update cycle too. MediaWiki tends to get festooned with extensions as well, so users would probably like this in there.
A quick glance at the WP site docs didn't answer the question of how (or if) they secure this process. Asking would probably be good (whoever's doing the updater work).
- d.