Introducing .discourse-compatibility: pinned plugin/theme versions for older Discourse versions

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This is a great feature, thank you :slight_smile:

I like the directionality of this, i.e. it makes it possible to manage this issue from within the plugin itself, not requiring the site admin to do anything per se.

I have a few initial questions:

  • Will the existing required_version plugin metadata check in plugin activation remain? And how do you see that interelating with this (if at all)?

  • I see this is added in the form of a rake task atm. How does it relate to, what is the intended use, with discourse_docker (i.e. the launcher) and docker_manager? I see you’ve made additions to both repos, but could you explain how it’s intended to work in both environments?

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