Opened 2 years ago
Closed 11 months ago
#2756 closed Feature Request (fixed)
Expose plugin compatibility information in repository
| Reported by: | iionly | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Community Site |
| Component: | Plugin Repository | Version: | 1.8.6 |
| Severity: | minor | Keywords: | compatibility |
| Cc: | brett@… | Difficulty: | easy |
Description (last modified by ewinslow)
One of the most asked question on community.elgg.org both in the group discussions and also in the comments to plugins is: "Does it work with Elgg version XY?"
After the soon to be released Elgg 1.8 this question will be asked again countless times for sure.
Currently, the developers can mention the compatibility in the plugin description or release notes, but it isn't done in most cases unfortunately.
A mandatory field about compatibility of a newly released plugin could help at least in the future. Multiple versions (1.6, 1.7, 1.8) could be offered, maybe even minor releases, but one version must be selected at least for the upload of a plugin to work.
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by brettp
- Milestone changed from Needs Review to Community Site
comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by brettp
- Difficulty set to easy
- Summary changed from Plugin compatibility information in repository to Expose plugin compatibility information in repository
comment:3 Changed 2 years ago by cash
- Component changed from Community Site to Plugin Repository
comment:4 Changed 11 months ago by iionly
- Version set to 1.8.6
This feature was made available with the old community site theme: the compatible Elgg version selected at plugin upload was displayed on the download page.
But the new Elgg 1.8 community theme no longer shows this information.
comment:5 Changed 11 months ago by ewinslow
- Description modified (diff)
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
This information is exposed in the title of the download page.
Authors can select minor Elgg compatibility version (1.7) but this isn't exposed in search or the plugin page.