Re: [BuildStream] Create new containers-related and Python-related plugins repos

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2018-10-31 at 11:34 +0000, Sander Striker via BuildStream-list
wrote:
> > As this would introduce a breaking change, this should ideally be
> > merged before the release of BuildStream v1.4.
> >
> > Please let me know your ideas regarding this proposal.
>
> I'd like us to consider going further earlier and removing all but the import,
> junction, and abstract elements from BuildStream itself and moving that to
> a plugins repository.  We can still bundle these in the release if we want
> to, but it sets us on the path of maintaining the plugins separate from the
> core.  It also prevents future discussions on what plugins should be in the
> buildstream repository, and which shouldn't.

I generally like the separation. However, if we still bundle them in
the releases, we don't really improve the situation. The question would
simply change from 'what plugins should be in the core repo' to 'what
plugins should be bundled with core releases'. On the other hand simply
dropping them from core would break compatibility.

Is there a transition plan I'm not aware of that solves this?

Jürg