RFC: shipping external-tree plugins

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 13:23 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Robert Collins writes:
> 
>  > This is a possible on Debian; but we seem to have a consistent history
>  > of users not knowing what is available - thats the real bug we need to
>  > solve.
> 
> Has use of eggs or distutils format packages for the plugins and a
> registry (presumably on launchpad) of available plugins a la PyPI been
> considered?

Yes - many threads have been had.

My mental model here is:
 - replacing packaging systems is bad - eggs etc are a problem 
 - having a suggestion mechanism is desirable - see the 
   plugin_info plugin which can generate the input data for an automated
   registry, and Martin Albisetti's work for suggesting plugins when a 
   missing command is requested
 - we should start publishing a registry of these that can be consulted,
   and hook into the local packaging system where possible
 - but even doing so will still cause hiccups for users that are offline
   when they try a command from a plugin, or for which complex
   dependencies are not available

which is why I prefer to get the issues all addressed up front by the
packagers by presenting a single composite ;)

-Rob

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