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vtad
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12/08/13 02:49 AM (11 years ago)

How can I find out what was updated in a plugin

I have noticed that the display order of the Plugins often changes. I suppose that the latest updated are displayed first. Is there a way to find out what changed or what was corrected in the Plugin?
 
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12/08/13 04:55 AM (11 years ago)
Well, the 'theory' is, the developer would put that in release notes, or at the very least, keep a record in the read me. I usually put mine in the readme.txt file. However, it is not a requirement, and some developers aren't accustomed to the tradition, so it may be there, it may not be there. In the old days you could sort of tell by the version number. it used to be major.minor.bug = Major Revision, Minor Revision, Bug Fix. So if you saw software that was v2.3.4, you knew it was the 4th bug fix of the 3rd minor revision of the 2nd release of the software. It held a similar pattern during alpha and beta testing, back when they would actually pay people to alpha/beta test software, or if big enough, had their own in-house testing. (I was fortunate enough to be a Beta tester for the Japanese version of the 'After Dark' screen saver for the Macintosh, when they were famous for their 'flying toasters' screen saver) But when Microsoft came out with Office 97 and Windows 98 that sort of thing went out the window, even though 'officially' MS still uses version numbers in the core of their software. Look around the readme of the Plugin, and if nothing is there, request the developer to let you know what enhancements/changes were made between versions. Cheers! -- Smug
 
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12/08/13 09:57 AM (11 years ago)
omg!
 

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