Hi all --
A discussion recently came up regarding whether or not the Hello Dolly
plugin should remain part of the default download. Arguments against
were generally that they had to delete the thing again every time they
updated the site.
This reminds me of a separate discussion a while back as to whether
the Import functions should be moved to a plugin, as that is something
that is generally used once and then never needed again.
It occurs to me: Would it be possible to set the downloads up so that
if a person goes to wordpress.org and downloads the zip file, (usually
a new user), they get certain plugins, but that those plugins are
*not* included in automatic updates? (Or perhaps included in
automatic updates *only* if they are still installed on the site?)
That way, Hello Dolly/Akismet/Import/whatever could be included, but
if a user deletes it, it isn't recreated on every update. The same
for the Import plugin. There could be a lot of things that would be
useful to include as "canonical" plugins for new setups that are
handled this way.
Thoughts?
Stephen
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