> There should be a well defined plugin API. Yes. And that API should be stable, great-from-the-beginning and never needing a change.
So much for the theory. Problem is that real world looks different: Often you need multiple iterations until things are right and as flexible as you need them. Some bugs need API changes for a good fix. Thus we currently have no big choice, we have to change things to improve them. So the only suggestions I can make for 3rd party stuff are: Try to avoid badly maintained stuff. If a plugin is still at 1.5 (or even older) while we have had 1.6.x, 1.7.x and 1.8.x, it simply means that the community is not working for it - neither the author has updated it, nor anybody else, nor has anybody given enough feedback at the right places that anybody had cared. You can choose such a thing, but in that case be prepared to fix it yourself. And upload the fixed version of course, to avoid (see above). OTOH, there are 3rd party plugins that are rather recent (it usually is no big issues if it is 0.1 behind - either it works or it only needs very minor fixes). There are plugin authors responding if you edit their plugin wiki page or write something on the mailing list. That is the stuff you should use. BTW, even if you are no moin or python developer, you can sometimes fix stuff yourself. If it worked for 1.6 and stopped working for 1.7, you just have a look at the traceback it produces and at the 1.6 and 1.7 source. You'll usually find that just something was renamed or added or removed - if you do the appropriate thing in the plugin, it'll work again. If that doesn't work out, just file a bug on the wiki page and provide enough information about versions and attach the traceback.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Moin-user mailing list Moin-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/moin-user
