On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Jass <gaia.cl...@machinimatrix.org> wrote: > --snip-- > - add an API to query (a third party website) for new versions of an > addon module, and possibly add a button for retrieving the addon > directly from a (third party) download server instead of first > downloading > from the web, then updating. This would fit nicely into the list of > buttons: [Wiki], [Bug Report], [Check for Update]
I think I (and others) would be kind of weary of blender being able to download and install software from random websites. For customizable persistent settings, addon authors could use _bpy.user_resource('CONFIG', 'plugin_name') to get a (hopefully) writeable folder to store settings in. As a bit of an aside, I think _bpy.user_resource() should throw an exception instead of returning an invalid path when the folder doesn't exist so one wouldn't have to test for a valid path after calling the function. Dan _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers