Lluis, I'm not directly interested in contributing to the project (I'm still figuring me out how to implement LINQ support), but a friend of mine (Matthijs) has been working on a similar project called NApf since before MS published AddIn support in the 3.5.
You should think about it. Cheers. Antonello On 3/26/07, Lluis Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm pleased to announce the release of Mono.Addins. > > Mono.Addins is a generic framework for creating extensible applications, > and for creating libraries which extend those applications. > > Mono.Addins has been designed to be easy to use and useful for a wide > range of applications: from simple applications with small extensibility > needs, to complex applications which need support for large add-in > structures. > > This new framework intends to set an standard for building extensible > applications and add-ins in Mono. I've created a mailing list I > encourage you to subscribe if you have suggestions or questions about > the library: > http://groups.google.com/group/mono-addins > > The main features of Mono.Addins are: > > * Supports descriptions of add-ins using custom attributes (for > simple and common extensions) or using an xml manifest (for more > complex extensibility needs). > * Support for add-in hierarchies, where add-ins may depend on > other add-ins. > * Lazy loading of add-ins. > * Provides an API for accessing to add-in descriptions, which will > allow building development and documentation tools for handling > add-ins. > * Dynamic activation / deactivation of add-ins at run time. > * Allows sharing add-in registries between applications, and > defining arbitrary add-in locations. > * Allows implementing extensible libraries. > * In addition to the basic add-in engine, it provides a Setup > library to be used by applications which want to offer basic > add-in management features to users, such as enabling/disabling > add-ins, or installing add-ins from on-line repositories. > > If you are interested in knowing more about Mono.Addins, this document > explains the library basics and some examples: > http://www.mono-project.com/Introduction_to_Mono.Addins. > > If you are *really* interested and want to know in detail everything > about Mono.Addins, see: http://www.mono-project.com/Mono.Addins. > > You can download a tarball from: > http://www.go-mono.com/sources/mono-addins/mono-addins-0.1.tar.gz > > Latest from SVN at: > svn://svn.myrealbox.com/source/trunk/mono-addins > > Enjoy! > Lluis. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
