[MERGE] bzr.exe: move builtin plugins out of library.zip todirectory 'plugins'

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 19:31 -0800, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> bazaar-bounces at lists.canonical.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 22:43 -0200, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> >> On Jan 29, 2008 10:21 PM, Robert Collins
> > <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
> >>> I think this is a bad idea; the plugins shipped with bzrlib are in
> >>> lockstep with bzr itself, and having them separate on disk allows
> >>> many opportunities for problems.
> >> 
> >> A few users have already dropped into #bzr wanting for some easy way
> >> to remove bundled plugins (specifically the Launchpad one), and
> >> having them in a zip file will complicate the implementation of
> >> Automatic Plugin Managment[1]. 
> >> 
> >> How is this done in OSX?
> > 
> > The automatic plugin management stuff should not touch built in
> > plugins. They are not truely independent - e.g. bundles /depend/ on
> > those plugins being present and of the correct version.
> 
> But not on the Launchpad plugin, I assume?  

The launchpad plugin is truely a plugin - optional extension that we
ship with bzr; the the multiparent plugin is not - if its not present
then errors will occur in non obvious places.

-Rob
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