[Bf-committers] Proposal for moving io scripts into addons

[Jonathan Smith]

I would have to agree with Campbell about the naming point.

However I would think it would be better to implement this proposal sooner
rather then later, unless you were referring to later as after 2.5x
development is complete. The sooner it is implemented the more time we have
to work out any kinks that may arise and to further modify the whole process
if needed. Instead of waiting till the last minute, (although I'm sure we
probably wouldn't do that) and then running out of time.

So from me, +1 for immediate implementation.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Luca, while having a clearer division between core and community
> scripts could be good I don't there is one thing I don't agree with.
>
> >From what I can see with your proposal:
>  current bundled "addons" become "extensions" and can be enabled by
> default, and community maintained addons (currently contrib addons),
> become "addons".
>
> To me this isn't a useful distinction to make, to the point of giving
> them different names since they are essentially the same thing from
> different places.
> If we need to tag scripts this can be a field in the script metadata
> and displayed in our UI so its clear that some addons are community
> maintained, downloaded from a 3rd party. bundled etc.
>
> to me an "addon" is just a standalone component which can be
> enabled/disabled, I don't see a problem with having a few officially
> maintained addons enabled in our default preferences.
>
>
> Aside from this one point your suggestions seem reasonable, at the
> moment the layout of scripts directories will probably need updating
> in the future though I'm inclined to wait-and-see since I don't think
> the current layout is holding back development.
>
> In short, Id like to go ahead with my smaller proposal and move io
> scripts to addons, and I'm open to larger changes in the future but
> don't think they need to be made right now.
>
> - Campbell