Major Description
IRC discussion about it:
[09:29:39] <@bcall> why do we want plugins to register? [09:30:06] <@jpeach> afaik historically it's always been a requirement [09:30:30] <@bcall> I don't think so [09:30:33] <@jpeach> imho there should be a way for plugin to fail at startup [09:30:53] <@jpeach> if register does nothing useful then we should just remove it [09:31:46] <@bcall> it was used for API version checking from what I remember [09:31:52] <@jpeach> but registration creates internal info that could be used for something interesting [09:31:54] <@bcall> and I never did it in my plugins [09:32:18] <@sudheerv> fwiw, i think i didn't either ;) [09:32:52] <@jpeach> heh [09:32:54] <@bcall> it is helpful for 3rd party plugins - vender, email, etc [09:33:13] <@bcall> and api version checking [09:33:14] <@jpeach> that information never goes anywhere [09:33:20] <@bcall> I can see the merit of the version checking [09:33:21] <@jpeach> the version checking does nothing [09:33:28] <@bcall> even better :) [09:33:40] <@jpeach> sounds like you should nuke it for 6.0 [09:34:09] <@bcall> I will file a bug