[Soc-2016-dev] Hello and a quick status update

[Sebastian A. Brachi]

Hi, some quick thoughts from an add-on developer point of view:

* Pip usage: IMO it's a good idea to use it, and have addons point to its
corresponding source (github, pypi, private repo, blender cloud)
* Installation of addons: currently addons are simply stored in a defined
path. I always wondered why[1] they are not simply installed in
dist-packages, like any other libs. One reason might be that addons would
need to use dist-utils, E.g create a setup.py. Allowing to have addons
installed like other Python packages might simplify things for the manager
and dependencies, but not so for casual scripters. However, probably
non-casual scripters won't mind creating a repo like it was a normal Python
package
* dependency management: another limitation I find in the current add-on
development process is that to include any dependencies the add-on has to
include them in the repo itself. Using pip and distutils could help solve
this. If I remember correctly, 'requests' was included in blender because
many scripts needed it, but of course tat doesn't scale.
* add-on discovery: would be nice to define an official place where addons
are distributed from (of it doesn't already exist), like adding a clone of
pypi in the blender cloud

Sebastian (from mobile)

[1] besides the fact that all enabled addons need to be imported at startup
On 2 May 2016 8:05 a.m., "Thomas Dinges" <blender at dingto.org> wrote:

> Hey,
> did you reach out to Addon people already, to get feedback on your
> proposal? I mean especially addon developers and users, who use the
> Addon UI on a daily basis. Would be good to add them as artist
> stakeholders.
>
> Thomas
>
> Am 30.04.2016 um 02:47 schrieb Peter D. Cassetta:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just wanted to give a quick first status update. First off, my
> > proposal for my Python Package Manager project is now on the wiki:
> > https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:PeterCassetta/GSoC_2016/Proposal
> >
> > Secondly, I talked with my mentor Sybren Stüvel on Tuesday. We discussed
> > a couple implementation things, and he recommended I check out the
> > Python Package Index, which may be a useful starting point for this
> project.
> >
> > -Peter Cassetta
> >
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