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[Alberto Mardegan <alberto.mardegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/18/2014 01:32 PM, Christian Dywan wrote:
> Could account plugins in general be uploaded separately from their apps?
> That would reduce the need for manual review and allow the app itself to
> update automatically.

Yes, they can.

> This would presumably need some sort of "open store if plugin missing"
> behavior in the app - at the same time, it could be re-used for "plugin
> broke but you don't have the update yet, please update now". When you
> have a ton of updates and eg. on a slow connection this can be a life
> saver if you would otherwise refrain from updating anything.

That's a possibility, but I'm not totally persuaded. On the other hand, 
we are working to confine account plugins as well, so that the manual 
review step won't be needed in the future.

Ciao,
  Alberto