7.3 as of svn 23770 includes the ability to download and install plugins from a list which is maintained in xml based respositories. There's a long discussion on this on another thread, but I think it is now complete enough to ask plugin authors to look at it and feedback whether it is useful and how it can be improved. The only serious restriction at present is that it requires the server to be manually restarted after you install/upgrade/remove a plugin.
The aim is that slimdevice.com will host a centrally maintained xml repo file which servers fetch and use to build a list of available plugins. In addition to this individual plugin authors can host their own repo xml file and distribute the url for individual users to add to their server (settings - advanced - extension downloader "additional repositories"). At present there is no central repo, but you can trial it by adding the following url to the "addtional repositories" setting:
This should show 6 plugins for installation on the web setting page. Of these "Alien BBC" and "Plugin Test" are real plugins and be able to be installed. (Alien is the full AlienBBC minus mplayer)
These should show:
- how to host a plugin and publish it via an xml repo including localisation for the title and a short description with an optional link to your web page for more info
- how to make multiple versions of a plugin available for different platforms - Alien has a unix/mac version and a windows version
- how to include more than one version of a plugin (although the expectation is that when a new version is available the old version will be removed from the xml repo - Test Plugin v1 can upgraded to Test Plugin v2 though.)
(the repo file also includes some additional wallpapers for jive. These are described elsewhere but use the same mechanism.)
Anyway the reason for the post was to ask plugin authors to take a look at it and see if it meets all reaquirements. Ideally I'd like to get enough feedback to leave it as on by default in 7.3 and perhaps lobby to set up the default repo at slimdevice.com. Even without this, it should be useful for plugin authors who want to manage their own repo file.
What do you think?
Adrian
The aim is that slimdevice.com will host a centrally maintained xml repo file which servers fetch and use to build a list of available plugins. In addition to this individual plugin authors can host their own repo xml file and distribute the url for individual users to add to their server (settings - advanced - extension downloader "additional repositories"). At present there is no central repo, but you can trial it by adding the following url to the "addtional repositories" setting:
This should show 6 plugins for installation on the web setting page. Of these "Alien BBC" and "Plugin Test" are real plugins and be able to be installed. (Alien is the full AlienBBC minus mplayer)
These should show:
- how to host a plugin and publish it via an xml repo including localisation for the title and a short description with an optional link to your web page for more info
- how to make multiple versions of a plugin available for different platforms - Alien has a unix/mac version and a windows version
- how to include more than one version of a plugin (although the expectation is that when a new version is available the old version will be removed from the xml repo - Test Plugin v1 can upgraded to Test Plugin v2 though.)
(the repo file also includes some additional wallpapers for jive. These are described elsewhere but use the same mechanism.)
Anyway the reason for the post was to ask plugin authors to take a look at it and see if it meets all reaquirements. Ideally I'd like to get enough feedback to leave it as on by default in 7.3 and perhaps lobby to set up the default repo at slimdevice.com. Even without this, it should be useful for plugin authors who want to manage their own repo file.
What do you think?
Adrian
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