(rfc) recommend installing a plugin when needed

[Martin Albisetti]

On Jan 28, 2008 5:21 PM, James Westby <jw+debian at jameswestby.net> wrote:
> > Would be add the plugins information to the XML manually or would we
> > require plugins export the information needed somehow?
>
> As there is going to be a central place to store this information
> then I don't think exporting it buys us much. Also I don't think there
> is that much information required from the plugin is there? For instance
> the list of commands is easily findable.

I was thinking for plugins that aren't installed through the official
repository on this one too.
If they export certain information, we can manage them too (like what
it's update URL is or a description of what it does)


> I would only suggest reconsidering XML. I don't think it's needed, but
> I won't stand in your way; I will mention it just this once. However
> I think it is important to consider how to handle format changes for
> this file, and XML may make this easier.

I'm not a fan of XML's bloat or complicated parsing either. It just
seems like it would be much more flexible than parsing a text file.
I'm very open to adopt a different approach to this.



Martin