On Sat, 6 Apr 2019, 01:53 Tushar Joshi, <tusharvjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This means maintaining the list of plugins as files in a github > repository. This repository will be considered as the plugin registry. So > the plugin developers will just have to submit a PR to get their plugins > included or updated. We can still create the moderation process to verify > and validate the plugins before we approve the PR for addition or update of > the plugins. > +1 from me. I've suggested this a few times in conversations on web infrastructure in the past. Seems the ideal way to do this IMO, but... > > The plugins can be uploaded to the maven registry just as mentioned in the > email thread and only the metadata, and registration, SHA hashes can be > placed in the plugin registry github repository. > IIRC when I looked into it the IDE doesn't check the plugin file against a hash currently? That would need to be done for this approach. Best wishes, Neil >