[Bf-committers] SOC Idea

[Scott Johnson]

Hi Everyone!

I am planning on applying this year for the Google Summer of Code, with 
Blender.  I have spoken with Kent Mein, and I think that a redesign of 
the plugin API might be a good project.  Specifically, since the API as 
it stands now is really structured (in terms of data structures) towards 
either sequence or texture plugins, it might be better if the system was 
re-worked to be a bit more general, for extensibility.  In addition, I 
had planned on adding operations which will enable automatic recognition 
of installed plugins (I understand there are problems at the moment, due 
to the plugin system relying on filenames as an index, which causes 
problems when operating systems are changed). 

Basically, what I'd like to know is if there are any suggestions on 
other things that I might be able to work on at the same time.  I really 
like this idea, because, as it was explained to me, there are a number 
of different directions one can go in with this redevelopment of the 
plugin API.  If I had time, I might be able to even begin working on 
some of the plugins themselves, making sure they conform to the new API. 

Thanks for any input!

~Scott

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