[Fusioninventory-devel] Speak about split of fusioninventory plugin for glpi

[Stéphane Urbanovski]

Fabrice Flore-Thébault a écrit :
> 
> On 15-juin-10, at 10:16, Gonéri Le Bouder wrote:
> 
>> 2010/6/15 David DURIEUX <d.durieux at siprossii.com>:
>>> Le Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:08:24 +0200
>>> Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri at rulezlan.org> a écrit:
>>
>>> Have all modules begin to be difficult because there is lots of code
>>> for each module (and future modules), so if we split, it more easy to
>>> maintain and have good code.
>> On the other side, it will be more hard to maintain shared code between
>> the sub-plugins, you'll have to keep compatibility with different 
>> revision
>> of the modules (API and DB schema).
>>
> 
> My point of view, as a user and a non-developer, is following (and 
> engage only myself) :
> 
> I prefer to have only one plugin, as it is more clear to manage and 
> maintain as a software on a production environment. You will loose the 
> "visual" unity of the product, i am not sure it's a good idea.
> 
> You will have to describe and document the collection of plugins that 
> can be used, and that's more than just activating (or not) a feature in 
> a product.

Hi

This is more a packaging issue.

If the the code is "splitable", you can make a package that include all the pluging (and dependencies !) YOU need.
On Linux distribution you can even use meta-package to achieve this.

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Stéphane Urbanovski