Comments on: Wordpress SVN http://pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1-10015 hourly 1 By: Joseph Scott http://pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83199 Joseph Scott Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:32:09 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83199 I agree that subversion makes it pretty easy to stay up to date. I wouldn't recommend that regular folks run a production blog from -trunk though. While code from -trunk generally runs fine, that isn't always the case. As for the upgrade issue, PHP in general and WordPress specifically run under a variety of conditions. Making one upgrade feature that works under all of those conditions isn't going to happen. Beyond that, a built in upgrade feature would increase the security risk because your web server would need write access to the WordPress source files running your blog. I agree that subversion makes it pretty easy to stay up to date. I wouldn’t recommend that regular folks run a production blog from -trunk though. While code from -trunk generally runs fine, that isn’t always the case.

As for the upgrade issue, PHP in general and WordPress specifically run under a variety of conditions. Making one upgrade feature that works under all of those conditions isn’t going to happen. Beyond that, a built in upgrade feature would increase the security risk because your web server would need write access to the WordPress source files running your blog.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83174 Aaron Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:46:18 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83174 3rd party plugins are great and all, but why aren't we seeing this upgrade functionality built right into the software? Why rely on a 3rd party tool? Luckily, SVN is an easy way to do things, and it's coming down the pipe from the official devs. So, I guess seamless upgrades are on their mind at least a little. 3rd party plugins are great and all, but why aren’t we seeing this upgrade functionality built right into the software? Why rely on a 3rd party tool? Luckily, SVN is an easy way to do things, and it’s coming down the pipe from the official devs. So, I guess seamless upgrades are on their mind at least a little.

]]> By: Bruno http://pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83156 Bruno Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:21:05 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83156 Or <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-plugin.html" rel="nofollow">WPAU</a>. :) Or WPAU. :)

]]> By: Karol Krizka http://pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83152 Karol Krizka Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:46:57 +0000 http://www.pthree.org/2007/12/09/wordpress-svn/#comment-83152 Why not just use one of the upgrade plugins, like the One Click Update. It does everything for you, including downloading the new version and backup of your database. Why not just use one of the upgrade plugins, like the One Click Update. It does everything for you, including downloading the new version and backup of your database.

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