(rfc) recommend installing a plugin when needed

[Blake Winton]

James Westby wrote:
>>> 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.
> One reason I was suggesting something else is the cost of importing
> an XML parsing library. Currently this isn't much of an issue, as
> bzrlib does this already. However if bzr were to move away from XML
> representations then it may become an issue.

Just as an alternative, PyBlosxom uses a python file for its configuration, and 
it seems to work fairly well.

Later,
Blake.