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Building a service to help keep plugins up to date is complicated. | Building a service to help keep plugins up to date is complicated. In a nutshell, the process consists of: | ||
* browser identification; | |||
* a local client plugin scan; | |||
* requests to a plugin directory search service; | |||
* and a local comparison of versions. | |||
This page seeks to provide details on how each of these steps work, as well as identifying shortcomings and oddities along the way. | |||
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