@tsteur Could we update here, to matomo:>=4.0.0-rc1,<4.12-rc1. Then release a new version for that plugin, update the again with matomo: >=4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1

https://github.com/matomo-org/plugin-DeviceDetectorCache/blob/082cf4f2543545a58b7ff699825cb66b20a02697/plugin.json#L7

We would certainly need to release a new version of that plugin and require matomo: >=4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1 (not sure it was already included in a beta version maybe?).

I'm not sure about also releasing another update with matomo:>=4.0.0-rc1,<4.12-rc1. It probably should work but would need to make sure to maybe release this update before the other one. I haven't tested this though what happens in that case and when they update to Matomo 4.12 etc.

We would need to release these updates ASAP to prevent people running into problems when they upgrade. I believe Matomo should be updating plugins together with core and it should prevent this issue in most cases although I'm not 100% sure (would need to be double checked). It'll remain a problem for people upgrading manually where they'll need to make sure to also update the plugin.

Generate a PR that updates plugin.json and CHANGELOG.md, @AltamashShaikh will release 4.3.0 should fix this one. will test it after release.

@peterhashair did you do any testing with Matomo and that plugin?

This issue was most likely not solved by simply increasing the minimum required matomo version in the plugin. The latest DeviceDetectorCache plugin is compatible with previous Matomo versions. But Matomo became incompatible with older versions of the plugin. So updating Matomo without updating the plugin can cause this problem.

That is actually a case we currently are not able to handle cleanly. As we don't have a possibility to define that a plugin update is required. As @tsteur mentioned, we could have released a version of the plugin, without the changes, and mark it as compatible til Matomo 4.12.0. But even that would not solve the problem for all Matomo users, as Matomo might not yet use that plugin version when an update is triggered. But it would at least solve the problem for a couple of cases....
But now that you have already released a new version, I'm not sure if the market place would be able to handle that correctly if we release another version with a lower version number now 🤔

Btw. The error actually only occurs with PHP 8. Seems PHP 7 was not yet that strict with method compatibility

@sgiehl yes, I thought to release a lower version, with 4.11 comparable plugin.json, then release a newer 4.3 with 4.12 comparable plugin.json. But the plugin team released 4.3. Then I have no idea what to do. Could we release a lower version after the 4.3 release?

@tsteur Does the marketplace accept releases that are lower then the latest version, but within the same major version?

I think it would let you release that. It's also supported to release updates for eg your 3.X-dev etc. The marketplace should then remove any version it's not compatible with AFAIK.

What would be important

• The version number should increase
• The new release should have no overlap with the previous release in terms of the required Matomo version. For example, one require could be matomo: >=4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1 and the other one matomo: <4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1. Otherwise it was for example matomo: >=4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1 and matomo: <4.12.0,<5.0,0-b1 and someone was using eg 4.12-rc1 then it would return the most recently published version when we would want them to use the version that is compatible with matomo: >=4.12-rc1,<5.0,0-b1

I have now released 4.2.4, which is compatible to 4.12.0-b3 and a 4.3.1 which is compatible as of 4.12.0-b3

@tsteur is it normal that after releasing 4.2.4, the marketplace reported that version as the latest one, even though a 4.3.0 had been released before? Released the 4.3.1 to fix that...

@sgiehl I think that be expected currently for the user interface on plugins.matomo.org. The API would then suggest the correct version depending on their specific Matomo install (the UI on plugins.matomo.org doesn't pretend to be a specific Matomo version so it shows all). I do wonder though if you were on Matomo 4.3.1 if it would recognise that 4.3.0 is actually a better fit. Probably not. Good you released two updates 👍