Since info() is the only thing left in Plugin at the moment, am I correct in concluding this means that Plugin can go away completely? Which would also mean that all plugins should derive from Pluggable, and also need rewritten?
Rick On Jun 2, 1:11 am, Owen Winkler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks. > > We need to move the Info method of Plugin and Theme up to Pluggable so > that they use the same stuff. As a result, we need to form the XML used > to define plugin/theme info a little better. As a result of changing > the format, all existing themes will explode. > > This has to be done, because the areas that are published for a theme > need to go in that XML, and the XML needs to be stable. > > I want to do this this week. I can publish a schema for the XML on the > wiki (Relax?), and others can look it over. > > The schema should allow for themes and plugins to use the same format of > xml data, since they're both Pluggable. Soon after the info method of > plugins would go away to be replaced by the Pluggable info method, > meaning plugins wouldn't need to execute any more to get their infos. > It would just use the xml file instead (although the plugin should still > be sandboxed so it's known to work). > > Your consideration is appreciated. > > Owen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
