Re: a better plugin manager

[Sebastian Pösterl <marduk k-d-w org>]

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Rob Bradford schrieb:
> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 10:54 +0200, David Prieto wrote:
>> Plugin management in Gnome is suboptimal; it depends on a given package
>> being in your distro's repos, which gives no room for new packages.
>> Installing a plugin for Rhythmbox is a real pain in the ass, if it's not
>> in the repos.
>>
>> Why not let the plugin manager download new plugins and install them for
>> you? Something between the current plugin managers and the add/remove
>> apps we have now. Something like the attached mockup.
> 
> I think this is what NewStuffManager is trying to solve:
> http://www.k-d-w.org/NewStuffManager/
> 
Exactly! That's why I started NewStuffManager.

Development slowed down a little bit, but now I have some more time to
spend on NewStuffManager. I already did some work the last 3-4 days. So
stay tuned.

I personally would love to see some more applications make use of
NewStuffManager.
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Greetings,
Sebastian P�erl
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