Updatifier is a simple Sponge plugin that allows other plugins to easily check if they have an update available.
Updatifier is not required, meaning if you download a plugin that has support for Updatifier, and you do not have Updatifier installed, no update checking will be done and no errors will be sent to the console.
###How does Updatifier work?
When your server starts, Updatifier searches for plugins that have added support for Updatifier. When a plugin is found, Updatifier contacts GitHub and compares the versions. If a newer version has been found, then Updatifier will notify you in the server console. If a player joins and has the permission updatifier.notify, they too will notified of any updates that are available.
###Installation
To install Updatifier, simply download the latest release and place it in your mods folder. Restart/start your server and Updatifier will initialize! There are currently no configuration files.
Is there a global option to disable the update checking? If not, there should probably be. It should be up to the user if plugins should check for updates online or not.
Updatifier is the plugin that checks for updates. If the server owners don’t want to check for updates, they shouldn’t install Updatifier. But it is still a good idea, I will add a configuration option in the next update!
Ah, I missed that part. You should probably mention this here on the thread as well, unless I missed it that is only explained on the wiki. I was assuming it would be required to install Updatifier for plugins using it.
Might be a good idea to ask plugins that add support for this to let you know, and keep a list somewhere easy to find so everyone can see what plugins support this.
Whenever Ore is completed I plan to switch this plugin over to that. After Ore is complete and I switch this plugin to Ore, I’ll talk with the Sponge devs. I’m not sure if this is better suited for a plugin or implemented straight into Sponge.
I’ll add it to the thread right now!
