[ 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1046?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12987800#action_12987800
 ] 

Benoit Chesneau commented on COUCHDB-1046:
------------------------------------------

Thinkong more about it:

- We could indeed just manage first level of app, and remove the deps folder. 
The main advantage I see is to force the dev to pay attention to the 
dependencies he uses. It also solve the pb of versionning betweens deps. It 
also solve the pb of nifs but I''m not sure what you mean with this one.
- We need to test if the dev doesn't install apps that conflict with CouchDB 
deps (mochiweb, ibrowse, erlang_oauth)
- Clean message when a dev remove an app. Maybe we could provide a way to 
unload a module from the web. 
- About the installation of a different version of the module I think we should 
let the devs to remove it via his makefile. I'm thinking to provide a plugin 
template for that + best practices.

 


> support load of external erlang modules in couchdb. 
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1046
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1046
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Database Core
>            Reporter: Benoit Chesneau
>             Fix For: 1.2
>
>         Attachments: couchdb-plugins-003.patch, couchdb-plugins-004.patch, 
> couchdb-plugins-01.patch, couchdb-plugins-02.patch
>
>
> If you want to add external modules in CouchDB and load them , you need to 
> set the ERL_FLAGS environnement variable to the path of a module. 
> The attached patch allows couchdb to load plugins from plugin key in couchdb 
> section. It add needed path to the code path, so the vm can find modules.
> ex:
>    [couchdb]
>    plugins = plugin1, plugin2
>  Each plugin can have its own section where it set the binaries patch, 
> eventually if a service need to be added to the supervision you can set the 
> module and function to load like in daemon section and tel if it's a 
> supervisor or simple service.
> It also allows couchdb to load a plugin service (gen_server or such) to the 
> supervision. You can choose if the service is a simple daemon or a supervisor.
>  ex:
>    [plugin1]
>    code_path = /path/to/plugin1/ebin
>    daemon = {module, function, [Args]}
>    supervisor = false
> Let me know what you think about it. This patch is really useful here and 
> allows me to dynamically load modules I want. Also it eases the integration 
> of external module. For ex I can load my couchapp_ng modules with this lines 
> in local.ini : 
>     [couchdb]
>     plugins = couchapp-ng
>     [couchapp-ng]
>     code_path=/Users/benoitc/work/couchapp_ng/ebin
>     daemon = {couchapp_ng_routes, start_link, []}
>     [httpd_design_handlers]
>     _app = {couchapp_ng_httpd, handle_app_req}
>     [couchapp_ng_handlers]
>     rewrite = {couchapp_ng_handlers, rewrite_handler}
>     proxy = {couchapp_ng_handlers, proxy_handler}
> and can do the same with geocouch etc. Tested here with these modules.

-- 
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
-
You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.

Reply via email to