On Oct 23, 7:10 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm writing my first ever Rails plugin, and I'm trying to figure out
> what the best way (in 2.3) to manage plugin dependencies is. Google
> doesn't seem to yield much that is applicable to my current situation,
> and the Rails docs themselves are quite weak in this area (or I'm
> looking at the wrong class).
>
basically there is very little support for dependencies, core's
position on this is 'if you want dependencies, use gems' (plugins can
be loaded from gems). If the plugin you want to depend on isn't
available in gem form then it isn't hard to make that plugin also work
as a gem according to
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/blogs/post/438-The-Blurring-Line-Between-Plugins-and-Gems
Fred
> Basically, the situation is this: I have some common model functionality
> dealing with street addresses that I abstracted into a couple of
> modules. I decided it was worth wrapping up those modules into an
> acts_as plugin (acts_as_addressed). One of the modules uses only core
> Rails features, and that was pretty easy to move into the plugin. The
> problem now is my other module, which uses some of the geocoding
> features provided by the YM4R plugin.
>
> So...in this case, what's the best way to specify that certain features
> of the acts_as_addressed plugin depend on the YM4R plugin? I'm hoping
> to release acts_as_addressed as a standalone plugin, and I'd like to
> enforce the dependency somehow so that my users don't get random
> NameErrors. Does Rails provide a mechanism for this? Is there some
> other way I should structure my plugin? Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question -- I'm not really all that familiar
> with the Rails plugin system, beyond using plugins in my applications.
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> [email protected]
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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