Re: [gedit-list] External plugins patch and project management plugin

[Paolo Borelli <pborelli katamail com>]

Il giorno mar, 19/06/2007 alle 21.02 -0500, Alex Cornejo ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> I've created a patch for the "external plugins" that adds a few
> features, what is the procedure to get this patch included in the CVS
> version of gedit?
> 
> I sent a previous version of the patch to Steve, and I got the
> impression the procedure should be to report it as a bug in the gnome
> bugzilla and attach a patch. I will be doing this in a few minutes,
> but I was wondering if this is the correct procedure.
> 

Yes, that's the proper way.

> Also I created a few new plugins, the biggest one being a "Project
> Management" plugin that supports SCM, at the moment CVS and SVN are
> supported, although i hope the plugin architecture is flexible enough
> that adding support for other platforms (such as bitkeeper, etc.)
> should as easy as adding a new class that follows the SCM interface
> and adding the name to this list in the SCM modules. The plugin
> supports most common features of source control interfaces, such as
> repository browsing, log viewing, etc..
> 

Cool!

> I will also post this plugin in gnome's bugzilla, but it seems rather
> awkward to post a new plugin as a "bug fix", is there a better way to
> make it available to other gedit users?
> 

The best way for new plugins is to add them to the wiki page:
live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins. We really love to have a flourishing
third-party plugin community!

ciao
	Paolo

> Regards,