I'm not sure that concept scales... I don't wanna load a crapton of addons I don't know the purpose of. What if some of them conflict with each other? What if someone poorly coded a few events? Hell naw!
Besides, with something like Package Control, you gotta be savvy enough to put up a repo and that weeds out complete beginners from litterring the package universe. A shared folder is too easy to litter. Here's a nice overview of how Package Control does things: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control/package_developers On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Andy Moorer <[email protected]> wrote: > The nice thing about a workgroup is you can connect to it > whenever/wherever, without picking thru items and installing stuff. You > just connect, see what's there, give it a try. > > But such a thing would have to be moderated and maintained, plus secure. > This kind of sharing is one of the untapped advantages of Softimage, it > drives me crazy that netview is just sitting there unused... > > On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:22 AM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > A survival kit à Rray.de sounds better imho. That's where we all go, no ? > > > > > > Le 17/01/2013 16:45, Stefan Kubicek a écrit : > >> I like the initiative, but what would be the advantage over rray.de? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> One could also upload malicious files up to Dropbox and they would > spread > >>> to all those who share the folder, right? > >>> Does not sound very safe. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2013/1/17 Eugen Sares <[email protected]> > >>> > >>>> If we use dropbox we have to make damn sure nobody removes items > others > >>>> might be needing, which can happen by accident (I don't expect acts of > >>>> sabotage). > >>>> > >>>> Also, what if someone updates his own tools, with some changes in > >>>> functionality that break downward compatibility? > >>>> Oder versions must remain accessible. We can't afford f*ing up other > >>>> people's production pipelines. > >>>> We could create another workgroup folder for every version that gets > >>>> uploaded, inside the uploader's personal folder. > >>>> Use the newer version? Disconnect from the old, connect to the new > folder. > >>>> > >>>> But maybe it would be better to copy the stuff we need to some local > >>>> offline workgroup. Might be too risky otherwise. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Btw., does dropbox have any options to set write permissions? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Am 17.01.2013 10:22, schrieb Thomas Volkmann: > >>>> > >>>> A dropbox-workgroup (or a workgroup on a FTP) that you can just > connect > >>>> to (or make a local copy and get updates every now and then) would be > >>>> awesome. > >>>> I think just having tools on a FTP is not a real advantage over > rray.de, > >>>> because you don't have any previews or descriptions for the tools > (other > >>>> than just to connect to a workgroup, where you can just try stuff, > because > >>>> it's already installed). > >>>> A community workgroup could add a community menu where you select > users > >>>> to see their tools... like this: > >>>> > >>>> user-tools > >>>> - userFoo > >>>> - exporters > >>>> - rigging stuff > >>>> - .... > >>>> - userBar > >>>> - exporters > >>>> - animation helpers > >>>> - whatever > >>>> - userFnord > >>>> - curve tools > >>>> - make-awesome tools > >>>> - whatever > >>>> > >>>> And maybe a similar structure for ICE/Render compounds. > >>>> That way a user can maintain his own section and will probably not > break > >>>> some other stuff. Since I never created any AddOns: is it enough to > have a > >>>> folder structure inside the addon-folder of the workgroup and place > stuff > >>>> there, or is a file in InstalledAddons where you register all that > stuff > >>>> necessary as well? > >>>> Anyway, I think if we could get something like that going, it would be > >>>> the shit! > >>>> Personally I would probably connect to it every now and then, check > some > >>>> stuff and take the tools I like into my personal workgroup. And of > course > >>>> upload some of my new tools to the community workgroup. > >>>> > >>>> cheers, > >>>> Thomas > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Gene Crucean <[email protected]> < > [email protected]>hat am 17. Januar 2013 um 09:07 geschrieben: > >>>> > >>>> Why not just a good ol fashioned FTP? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I'll offer one up to *this* list and 3DPro (Be careful who you give it > >>>> to. Adults get access): > >>>> host: genecrucean.com > >>>> user: softimage > >>>> pass: Add0n555 > >>>> > >>>> I have lots of space and unlimited bandwidth... but if it gets abused, > >>>> I'll just take it down. > >>>> > >>>> What do you guys think about this? It would need a decent > >>>> naming/directory structure so it didn't become a huge mess. > >>>> > >>>> Maybe something like: > >>>> > >>>> - Task > >>>> - Author > >>>> - Addon/Plugin/Script > >>>> - Versions > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Jason S <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Don't know why I often put extra "buts" in my sentances, > >>>> in this case we were essentially saying the same thing :) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 16/01/2013 11:42 PM, Jason S wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Ya! but maybe like a common XSI_SAMPLES_DUMP Database, > >>>> to which we could then make like a more refined/finished DB out of > that, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX > >>>> Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer > >>>> ** *Freelance for hire* ** > >>>> www.genecrucean.com > >>>> > >>>> ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com for > any > >>>> personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~ > > > >
