[GitHub] [buildstream] gtristan opened a new issue #1556: Allow aliasing of plugin names

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gtristan opened a new issue #1556:
URL: https://github.com/apache/buildstream/issues/1556


   Currently the [plugin loading semantics](https://docs.buildstream.build/master/format_project.html#loading-plugins) allow for a lot of flexibility, but we have some minor limitations when it comes to loading plugins from multiple sources which might have namespace collisions.
   
   In order to allow loading different plugins which have the same name, we should allow aliasing of plugin names.
   
   A syntax to allow this might look like the following:
   
   ```yaml
   
   # Normal plugin loading
   plugins:
   - origin: junction
     junction: plugin-junction.bst
     elements:
     - frobnicate
     - slurpshiggy
     - gizmoflooper
   
     # Load a second frobnicate element from another project,
     # locally we will address the element as "frobnicate2"
   - origin: junction
     junction: another-plugin-junction.bst
     elements:
     - name: frobnicate
       alias: frobnicate2
   ```
   
   


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