I seen a pretty cool hook in one of the engines I installed.. Create an install.rb file that contains something like the following.
# Install the engines plugin if it has been already unless File.exist?(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../engines") Commands::Plugin.parse!(['install', 'http://svn.rails-engines.org/plugins/engines']) end -NSHB On 9/24/06, James Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The simplest way is just to check/install those plugins when > installing the engine - see the install.rb in the login engine for an > example. > > Adding the information to the README is also a great idea. > > - james > > On 9/22/06, Adam Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm writing an engine for reuse that requires some other plugins - > > what's the right way to indicate those dependencies? Obviously, since > > there's no vendor directory under the engine, that code can't be > > bundled with the engine itself. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > - Adam > > > > ** Expert Technical Project and Business Management > > **** System Performance Analysis and Architecture > > ****** [ http://www.adamfields.com ] > > > > [ http://www.aquick.org/blog ] ............ Blog > > [ http://www.adamfields.com/resume.html ].. Experience > > [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields ] ... Photos > > [ http://www.aquicki.com/wiki ].............Wiki > > _______________________________________________ > > engine-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org > > > > > -- > * J * > ~ > _______________________________________________ > engine-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org > -- Nathaniel Steven Henry Brown Open Source Insight - http://nshb.net Open Source Development - http://inimit.com Open Source Training - http://osevents.com _______________________________________________ engine-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org
