Yes that would great to create a better way to get new releases on the plugins without going to search for them via this site to determine if you have them or not or if you need them for that matter,
kirk fontaine [email protected] [email protected] www.capella.edu On Jan 14, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Rob McBroom wrote: > On Jan 14, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > >> I started a topic a while back on the idea of bringing everything under one >> roof, and we came to the idea that trying to build on Alcor's original >> (blacktree.com) site would be best. > > Do ß54 and ß57 look to blacktree for updates still? I agree that that’s best, > if we have a way to push updates to it. > >> Documentation is definitely a good idea. It needs to be done - especially >> for the plugins. As usual there are complications - the plugins are a mess >> (some don't build etc), and the source for some is not that of the latest >> version / incomplete so we can't just update the text and rebuild. We >> actually have to make the plugins again! > > The documentation and version number exist exclusively in the plug-in’s > `Info.plist` do they not? > > So in theory, we should be able to just open that, update or add text in the > `extendedDescription`, then manually tweak the version number to “trick” > Quicksilver into thinking it’s worth re-downloading, right? > >> P.S. I've added a link on the blacktree-alchemy github downloads linking to >> the blacktree-elements downloads page - good idea Rob. > > Thanks! That’ll help. There are a couple of updated plug-ins that are > available from forks, but not the original. For example, > <http://github.com/neurolepsy/blacktree-elements/downloads>. I don’t know why > these guys don’t do pull requests, but anyway, it’s probably worth mentioning. > > I still think we need something on the FAQ for the Google Group as well, > because like I said, a lot of people won’t even know to look to the GitHub > repo in the first place. > > -- > Rob McBroom > <http://www.skurfer.com/> > > Don't try to tell me a thing is important to you if the whole of your > “support” entails forcing others to spend time and money on it. >
