Re: How to assemble servers: was: Re: Plugin installer in trunk broke?

[Paul McMahan <pa...@gmail.com>]

On Sep 28, 2007, at 2:50 PM, David Jencks wrote:

> I think that we should approach the "assemble server from plugins"  
> idea in stages:
>
> 1. build all the plugins inside the current server/trunk build  
> framework and assemble the server from these.  This is almost  
> working locally.... maybe this weekend.
>
> 2. distribute the sets of related plugins into a different svn  
> layout with unconnected release cycles and figure out how to end up  
> with a usable server with so many moving parts. :-)
>
> So in line with (1) I'd like to see the new console move ASAP,  
> perhaps temporarily, into maybe server/trunk/plugins where we can  
> immediately start including it in servers without having to solve (2).

Now that #1 above (assemblies created using plugins) is available in  
trunk I can go ahead and move the new console under server/trunk/ 
plugins like David suggested as a transitional step towards #2  
(plugins maintained and released separately from the server).    I  
will go ahead and move the new console to that location for the  
transitional phase unless there is strong support around going  
straight for #2.

i.e. if someone wants to figure out how to build assemblies from  
multiple moving parts in the 2.1 time frame then please chime in  
before I "hard wire" the console and its various plugins into server/ 
trunk.


Best wishes,
Paul