I say we move forward with this one as it doesn't need so much work as with the plugins. At least at first thought. It's just additional metadata in the application. I think some simple xml/html would do the trick. Just what data if for someone else to think about. :D But I think it's awesome. Best Regards, Jason Brower
On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 09:13 -0700, mdipierro wrote: > This is a good idea. > > On May 13, 11:09 am, blackthorne <francisco....@gmail.com> wrote: > > ok, this one may be interesting... > > > > Currently, we can install web2py apps in one of 3 ways. uploading it, > > providing its url or putting the files in the applications folder > > manually. Nothing wrong with this but seems to me that with little > > effort we could take this beyond. > > Think about an integrated (web) interface that allowed you to search > > or browser appliances and show its details when requested. This could > > happen inside the web2py framework and you could even install it by > > pressing a button (actually it just needs to use the already existing > > "download/provide url" option inside). > > I think this could improve user/developer experience but that's not > > all... > > Applications could have versions, and a changelog that could make part > > of the details of the application and an "update" option, so that > > users could keep all their apps on the edge. > > > > Who's with me? > > > > Thank you, best regards
