The basic problem that needs to be solved is that we need a common
format for version information that spans across multiple vendors
that can be eaisly incorporated into different build setups. Bjorn
has come up with a solution in his "Plugin Tool". The question is
will the rest of you out there adopt this? Bjorn mentions on his
web site that he has a set of build tools to support this. Bjorn,
would you please explain these tools to us.
Bjorn's plugin tool is pretty nice, but I think it needs certain
enhancements. I think it needs to support vendor name as a
seperate field so users can sort on this field. Also, it should
not assume a certain plugin directory, but allow the user to
select any plugin directory and open a new window with the
results. Also the user needs the ability to insert version
information into a plugin that lacks the prescribed version data
(this is to cover older plugins and plugins from authors that are
not aware of this convension). I am sure there are other
enhancements to be added and any comments here would be welcomed
since if we all adopt this tool, then we have to live with it.
Bjorn shows a banner ad when the plugin tool first starts up. I
personnally have no problem with this other than if it becomes a
group open source project, it seems out of place. Perhaps a better
thing to do is provide a small banner to all vendors who support
this tool thus giving it mind-share as the defacto standard.
We also need to see specifics on how it exactly works which means
that the plugin tool needs to be open sourced in order to protect
our collective rear ends. The same goes for the suppporting build
tools that are needed.
To make this work there needs to be buy-in from the plugin vendors
to follow the prescribed format and incorporate this information
into their plugins.
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