Re: [LAD] State of Plugin API's

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 08:34 +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> On 11/02/2009 07:49 AM, David Robillard wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 07:10 +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/02/2009 03:11 AM, David Robillard wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 12:09 +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I'm not sure what the limitations of the existing system are but in
> >>>> general having a central location where all extensions are collated with
> >>>> explicit details about their usage and examples for how to write code
> >>>> for them them would go a long way to making the system more developer
> >>>> friendly.
> >>>>
> >>>> Providing a weekly/monthly mailout which lists the new extensions and a
> >>>> brief description with links to code examples and usage cases would also
> >>>> be helpful for developers who want to keep up to date with the latest
> >>>> offerings.
> >>>>
> >>>> Essentially spending some time on automating the notifications system
> >>>> now will be useful for everyone and could go a long way to increase the
> >>>> pickup and development rate for LV2 which is good for everyone.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> The volume isn't really big enough for this, to be honest. We can set
> >>> up an RSS feed or something, or an announce list, but I really don't see
> >>> this as being an effective thing to worry about at this point in time.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> I see it as being highly effective. Having a regular community wide
> >> update of useful LV2 news is a good thing (tm). For example it would be
> >> useful to have a monthly update for the wider community that is sent to
> >> the LAA list. the reason I suggest an automated letter is so that you or
> >> someone else doesn't have to manually compile the news. If LV2 really
> >> starts to take off (and it should) then we can expect to see literally
> >> thousands of plugins and extensions being produced over the coming
> >> years. Automating the process now gives us a head start.
> >>
> > Isn't this basically what LAA is for anyway? At the end of the day the
> > author of<whatever> needs to send the announcement to /somewhere/, you
> > can't automate news generation, it has to come from people somehow.
> >
> > The fully automated thing is feasible for extensions published at
> > http://lv2plug.in/ but not much else.
> >
>
> Ok. I will take a good look at how this can be acheived. Any suggestions
> for the best way to store, package and deliver the details to the news
> report will be appreciated.

Probably by modifying http://drobilla.net/software/lv2specgen/ to
generate an RSS feed as well.

> >> This won't be a problem. I can start on this process on Wed. Feel free
> >> to contact me off list about the specific items you would like to get
> >> some attention.
> >>
> > Don't start until we're sure this is the best plan. It's not really
> > feasible to do the above stuff via mediawiki.
> >
> >
>
>
> It's not a big deal for me to set up a drupal system for the site and
> move everything over to it. We can also have a wiki for documentation.
> However the automated system for managing plugins and details should
> probably be hosted on the drupal side.

IMO this would probably be better off implemented as a separate script
or something that has nothing to do with the CMS, so it is useful
elsewhere and not tried to drupal.

-dr

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Received on Mon Nov 2 20:15:01 2009