Re: [Gramps-devel] New Plugin Manager

[Doug B. <dou...@gm...>]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Gary Burton <bur...@ya...> wrote:

> Hello Doug
>
> I have never tried to create a branch before, but it looks pretty simple
> using "svn copy"
>
>
> http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Brief_introduction_to_SVN
>
> If we are going to do this then I think we should also create a "trunk" and
> "tags" too so that it mirrors the main Gramps svn repository. Then we get:
>
> gramps-addons
> |
> +-----trunk
> |
> +-----branches
> |
> +-----tags
>
> This will allow bleeding edge development to continue in "trunk", bug fixes
> happen in "branches", and the Plugin Manager downloads addons from finished
> releases in "tags".
>
>
Yes, that sounds perfect. That way, downloads will continue to work,
regardless of what is the current version.

I made you an admin on gramps-addons, so if you (or someone) wanted to do
this plan, they could.

-Doug


> Bye
>
> Gary
>
> >
> >From: Doug Blank <dou...@gm...>
> >To: Gary Burton <bur...@ya...>
> >Cc: gra...@li...
> >Sent: Mon, 18 January, 2010 12:11:03
> >Subject: Re: [Gramps-devel] New Plugin Manager
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Gary Burton <bur...@ya...>
> wrote:
> >
> >>>Hello Doug
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>Also, I added a new tab, "Install Addons" and renamed the dialog to
> "Plugin Manager". You can now get the addons from the wiki page by clicking
> on
> >>>>>"Refresh Addon List" (which will save the list). You can install an
> addon in a .zip or .tgz file from your local file system, or from the web.
> Select an addon in
> >>>>>the list, and click "Install Addon". The .zip or .tgz file is is
> opened and the complete contents are copied to your plugins directory.
> >>
> >>The gramps-addons svn repository does not currently have any ability to
> branch the code - the code effectively mirrors trunk in the gramps svn
> repository.  I think it would be worthwhile to make a branch for 3.2.0 now
> and re-work the Plugin Manager so that it looks at addons in the branch
> appropriate for the Gramps version.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >That's a great idea... can you do that?
> >
> >
> >-Doug
>
>
>
>
>
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