[OSM-dev] JOSM Plugin-Manager was: JOSM "simplify way" option

[Shaun McDonald]

On 21 May 2007, at 09:43, Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) wrote:

>> Maybe we could start by creating a machine readable list of plugins
>> (in the Wiki?), adding a "getVersion" call to the plugin interface
>> and displaying a list to the user (plugin so-and-so, installed
>> version so-and-so, latest version so-and-so). And do automatic
>> downloading etc. later.
>
> Sorry to bring up this suggestion again: If we put the plugins into  
> SVN with
> there jar Files it would be one URL where the plugin locator can  
> find all
> plugins.
> Yes I know svn is normally a source repository, but we don't have  
> any other
> common place in the OSM project where every developer can write,  
> every user
> can download and we have a versioning.
> So I would really really vote for one sub-directory in the osm-svn  
> and place
> all plugins there.

-1 for putting binary plugins into svn. A better location should be  
found, rather than putting strain on the SVN server. I'm thinking  
about the space requirements, as they will probably take up a lot of  
space having many versions of items stored there. I don't know what  
the processing demand would be like. A dedicated download network  
would be better. How about WebDAV on another server?

I also don't like the idea as it would mean that I would have all the  
plugins whether I like it or not if I just do a svn update every now  
and again. Having only the plugins I need or use installed can  
improve performance.

+1 for putting a meta file about what plugins are available and where  
they are located.

Shaun