[Amarok-devel] Plugins...

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Monday 19 February 2007 01:35, Alexandre Oliveira wrote:
> So, some people think we should let almost everything be done as
> plugins, I don't think I have to explain the idea, users repeat that
> all the time, they basically want something like either firefox
> extensions or foobar2000 plugins.
> They allow plugins to change the way things work, the way they are
> shown, pretty much everything.
>
> However, first of all, Amarok has never been about extreme
> configurability, and I personally don't think we should change this so
> much.

I agree completely with Alex. To sum it up:

1) Use plugins internally where it makes sense (bundled).
2) Allow 3rd parties to write extensions with scripting languages, using dbus 
or Kross.

So basically, no fundamental change from what we have now, but with enhanced 
scripting features for third party developers.

Binary 3rd-party plugins are the way to hell. As Alex said, a Windows-only 
program might be able to afford it, but we surely can't. (and I also think 
there is no need).

-- 
Mark