Thats a flamin excellent idea. You may need a init script and a rollback script. So that on install tables could be generated etc and then a rollback would gracefully cleanout the w2p. Especially plugins or modules that you might want to try and then feel that its not worth it etc. Maybe the files could be:
__init__w2pname.py __rollback__w2pname.py (ie __init__gridhelpers.py and __rollback__gridhelpers.py) If we use a py then the plugin developer is free to make any type of code they like. (ie like a ruby rake task) On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:46 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > More about the metadata thing... > > In my view a .w2p can also contain a subset of an app, for example a > plugin. > > Imagine a layout plugin that contains only > > views/layout.html > static/pluginname/images/* > > Or a module plugin > > modules/pluginname/* > > Or a set of helpers > > models/pluginname-helpers.py > > A plugin could be expanded over an existing app to provide added > functionality. We need a metadata protocol to describe them. > > Massimo > > > > On May 8, 9:29 pm, Álvaro Justen [Turicas] <alvarojus...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > wrote: > > > On May 8, 1:56 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> This is great! > > >> 2 questions: > > > > >> - has this been tested with 2.6* (or 2.7 now) tar / cross 2.5 - > 2.6 use? > > >> (If tar is the only 2.6* problem, seems eventually we should just > fix the > > >> 2.6 tar module... ) > > > > > I do not think so but the bug is only in 2.6.1 and not in 2.6.2 > > > > I really don't know. Maybe Douglas Soares can help with this. > > > > >> - what is the reason / purpose for the new extension - if I > understand, > > >> it is JUST what already exists - *.tgz / *.tar.gz? > > > > > Because we do not want the browser to automatically unzip the file > > > when downloading. > > > > > Notice we will also be able to identify a web2py app from its > > > extension and that will tell us how to handle it. > > > > I think in future web2py apps can have meta information (like > > dependencies etc.) and a standard will be defined to those features. > > .w2p extension efforts that this is not a simple .tar.gz - it is an > > application packed in web2py format/standard. > > > > -- > > Álvaro Justen > > Peta5 - Telecomunicações e Software Livre > > 21 3021-6001 / 9898-0141 > > http://www.peta5.com.br/ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
