andyg;374675 Wrote: 
> Yeah, sorry but anything with non-async HTTP is out.  The reason is I
> don't want to see a bunch of bug reports like "Player UI locks up when
> saving plugin settings" or "Music drops out after a scan".  Sync HTTP
> is very bad for the server, at any time.
> 
No problem, it doesn't matter to me if my plugins are part of the
recommended list or not, at least not as long as the user still have
the option to enter my specific repository url and install them.

If anyone feels it is important that they are part of the the
recommended list, patches are always welcome.

Andy/Triode: 
If the plan is that most plugins should be available in the list by
default I don't think these strict rules is going to work. 

If we really want to avoid that users have to enter repository urls
manually it might be better to have two central plugin lists, for
example "Recommended plugins" and "Other plugins" where a plugin can
get on the "Other plugins" list as long as your plugin doesn't contain
malicious code. The "Recommended plugins" list would only include
plugins that fullfill the more strict rules, for example plugins that
aren't a resource hog. I suspect it's going to work something like this
when we get the real SqueezeWiki solution in the future, or do you plan
to completely disallow plugins that use a bit more resources from
SqueezeWiki ?

If we don't want an "Other plugins" list there should at least be a
link to the repository list page in the Extension Downloader web
interface, this way people will at least find the repository urls to
enter manually. The reason I would prefer this is that at the moment
people keep using the old way of installing plugins instead of using
the "Extension Downloader", they download the zip and unzip it manually
in the "Plugins" directory.


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erland

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