When can we set another meeting? 10PM was a little late, but doable. -Thadeus
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:43 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to add what was NOT discussed. > 1) convention for a plugin to store variables in sessions > 2) convention for plugin-defined table names > 3) mechanism of hooks for plugin to register stuff with the app (for > example change the menu) > > Right now: > 1) session.plugin_<name>.variable OR session.plugin_<name>_variable? > 2) db.plugin_<name>_tablename > while for input > plugins.<name>.configuration_parameter > > we have nothing about 3. > > On Mar 10, 8:20 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> It was late. We closed the discussion soon after you left. Thadeus >> will summarize what we said and we will circulate a draft proposal. >> The main issue was how to write plugin models so that they can be >> configurable and do not pollute the name space. >> >> I think the structure we agreed upon was something like this... >> >> ### in db,py >> plugins=PluginCentral() >> # configure all plugins >> plugins.<name>.db = db >> >> ### in models/plugin_<name>.py >> def _(plugin): >> # set default values or return error on failure, for example >> if not plugin.db and db: plugin.db = db >> # you can use any local variable you want here private of _ >> ... >> # define plugin tables >> plugin.db.define_table(....) >> return >> # instantiate the plugin by passing the config parameteres >> _(plugins.<name>) >> # define public functions here >> >> but let us follow on the discussion and a write a better document with >> more examples and motivations. >> >> Massimo >> >> On Mar 10, 8:04 am, Álvaro Justen [Turicas] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Could someone please send a short description of what was decided >> > yesterday? Massimo? >> >> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:47, Timothy Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Disregard. I see the other thread. >> >> > > On 3/10/2010 7:44 AM, Timothy Farrell wrote: >> >> > >> So for those of us who couldn't make it, what were the conclusions? >> >> > >> On 3/9/2010 8:28 PM, mr.freeze wrote: >> >> > >>> Yes - plugins, plugins, plugins!!! I'm anxious to start converting all >> > >>> of my modules to plugins once the spec is somewhat backwards >> > >>> compatible. >> >> > >>> On Mar 9, 8:18 pm, mdipierro<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >>>> We have a meeting on IRC tonight at 10om central time, right? >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > > "web2py-users" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. >> >> > -- >> > Álvaro Justen - Turicas >> > http://blog.justen.eng.br/ >> > 21 9898-0141 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
