RE: [FR-devel] Input requested on plugin directory naming.

[Bob Calco]

I vote "Aye" - mainly because it makes a lot more sense than the current way
plugins are included. I have been holding back from checking in some stuff
(mostly my Maestro remote execution plug-in) in the the hopes that this
might happen soon (Rich tipped me off to this idea a couple weeks back) and
I can check it into the new regime.

Might we also not reconsider how we handle "required" software - perhaps
make each required package interface through a plug-in rather than by
supplying a 'redist' dir that could eventually may become an entire
distribution of ruby? Either that or simply require the freeruby distro with
the redist software already in it, like Prego, and be done with the 'redist'
directory/problem altogether? in this case a 'freeride.bat' in the
freeruby/bin directory by default would be a nice touch, too.

Sincerely,

Bob Calco

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%% Behalf Of Rich Kilmer
%% Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:40 PM
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%% Subject: [FR-devel] Input requested on plugin directory naming.
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%% Our current naming structure for plugins is quite ad hoc.  We have
%% System_Commands, System_GuiCode and System_GuiRenderFox for the basic
%% IDE and then directories named after functions (Debugger, FileBrowser,
%% ScriptBrowser) for the rest.  I think this is a problem waiting to
%% happen.  We will quickly run out of names for stuff (like the current
%% Ruby naming problems.  My recommendation is to rename the plugin
%% directories and move all their code.  The question is what naming
%% convention to use.
%%
%% What are your thoughts about using Eclipse-like/Java-like domain name
%% dirs with underscores instead of dots for separators:
%%
%% org_rubyide_core_gui
%%   - Core GUI stuff (components)
%%
%% org_rubyide_core_gui_fox
%%   - Fox renderer...other renderers would be likewise named
%%
%% org_rubyide_core_commands
%%   - Standard commands
%%
%% org_rubyide_util_logger
%%   - the util groups holds all utility plugins
%%
%% org_rubyide_tools_debugger
%%   - all tool plugins go under org_rubyide_tools_...
%%
%% And I want to add the "plugins" directory to the ruby path so that if a
%% plugin needed to reference other files, it would use its directory+file
%% (regardless of the "plugin" main directory.)  This is a big issue
%% because right now the plugin directory name is a parameter, but the
%% plugins themselves use an absolute path
%% ("plugins/System_GuiCore/Component.rb")...so this change is needed.
%%
%% Please respond soon, I want to roll this in.
%%
%% -rich
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