[gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
- From: "Angus F. Hewlett" <amulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: GMPI list <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 09:11:20 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Steve Harris wrote:
> I dont like the idea of a db that might get out of sync, but it might make
> parsing plugin metadata faster - is this a serious concern?
Very much so, yes - particularly as plugin libraries may have a ton of
dependencies and take, in the worst case, several seconds to load.
> Filesystem based discovery seems to perform acceptably, and is easier to
> implement.
OK, alternative proposal:-
A plugin is a folder. The folder contains a metadata file (plaintext?
*ML?) which the host can read. This gives us filesystem based discovery
without the overhead of library load and initialization.
Heck, it could even allow a developer to package multiple platform
binaries in the same plugin. I can imagine that making a few peoples'
lives easier.
Regards,
Angus.
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