Re: [BuildStream] Optional virtual directory support [Was: BuildBox transitioning]

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan vanberkom codethink co uk>]

Hi Jürg,

On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 14:41 +0200, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> Hi Tristan,
[...]
> I don't think we should support element plugins that don't use virtual
> directories in BuildStream 2. However, outside the core repository
> there might still be public plugins that haven't been migrated yet but
> work fine with BuildStream master.
>
> In my opinion we should migrate those before mandating plugins to use
> virtual directories, also to validate that the virtual directory API is
> sufficient. However, I don't think we need to block optional BuildBox
> support on this. That said, it would be good to take care of this soon.

Agree.

I certainly don't think we want to block on this, I just wanted to get
some clarity on the subject.

Thanks,
    -Tristan