Hi, On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:58:34 +0100 Enrico Tröger <enrico.troe...@uvena.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:21:03 +1100, Lex wrote: > > since we have quite different ideas of the future of the whole build > systems features and in particular about its configuration using GUI > dialogs, I got a weird idea: > > Why not moving the build system code into a plugin? I think we should just move some parts of it. But more below. > This isn't completely new, I think to remember we discussed this > before Lex' first rewrite of the build system and decided to not do > this to keep it in the core and so always available. > > Though having the build system as a plugin has some advantages, IMO. > > First, Lex could realise it as he wants, as complex and flexible as > necessary giving users all the powers they want to and don't limit > them with any hardcoded defaults (I completely understand this wish). > > And alternatively, we could implement a very basic, limited and easy > to use(KISS) build system alternatively, similar to the old one(as in > 0.18 and before) alternatively to the advanced one. > > Then users can choose which build system plugin they want to use and > so have even more flexibility. > I think a good way could be to have the current status (or maybe the version from 0.18) build in, but make plugin API be able to replace/extend it with an additional plugin specified by the user. I disagree to have two plugins as the confusion for the user will be much bigger. I understand plugins always as optional additions and a build system is an elementary part of an IDE. > This would probably make things a bit harder and would require some > additions to the plugin API, especially to get project support > properly involved but I think it might be worth in the long term. I agree. This is nothing we can do within an evening-coding-session But as a midterm it would make sense. When keeping a usable default inside core and put some additions to a plugin. Well, yepp. Would like that thing. Cheers, Frank -- http://frank.uvena.de/en/
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