Re: RFC: a plugin architecture for git extensions?

[Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>]

>
> We already have a plugin system, you can drop "git-work" in your
> $PATH, what you're talking about is a packaging system, and solving
> that problem in a user facing application like Git is IMNSHO a
> terrible idea.
>
> Instead you could just make gitwork available somewhere and then
> install it as:
>
>     sudo aptitude install git-work
>
> Or whatever incarnation of that your distro or OS provides.
>
> Having our own "gpm" system would mean having to solve all these
> issues of distribution, cross-platform & arch compatibility that real
> packaging systems already deal with.
>
> If you *really* wanted to go through with this I'd suggest just using
> some existing package manager like apt, aliasing it to "gpm", then
> configure it to download packages from your own custom repository, and
> install them in ~/ somewhere.
>
> You'd still be re-inventing the wheel, but at least minimally so.
>


No. As I explained in the posts
 that you chose not to read, such concerns would be dealt with by real
package managers.

One you have read those posts, let me know if you still have concerns,
humble or otherwise.

jon.