On 8/4/06, James Adam <james.adam@gmail.com>
wrote:>
> There are two different types of dependency. Controlling the load
> order is currently impossible without resorting to some send()-based
> trickery (or the patch here - http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/5468,
> or using init_engine.rb and the engines plugin''s Engines.start
> method).
>
> However, I''m guessing that you might be looking for a more general
> form of dependency, i.e. "for plugin X to operate, plugin Y needs to
> be installed". There are a couple of ways around that at the moment,
> which aren''t too ardous.
>
> 1. If you''re the developer behind Plugin X, you can include a hook
in
> install.rb which ensures that Plugin Y is also installed if it
isn''t
> already:
>
> (from login engine''s install.rb)
> # Install the engines plugin if it has been already
> unless File.exist?(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../engines")
> Commands::Plugin.parse!([''install'',
> ''http://svn.rails-engines.org/plugins/engines''])
> end
>
> 2. If you''re *not* the developer of Plugin X, try using Plugin
Packs
> (
>
http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/index.php/2006/07/28/rails-plugin-packs-coming-to-rapt/
> ),
> a neat way to install collections of plugins in one go. We''ve got
some
> ideas in development at the moment which will make this even simpler,
> in the future.
>
> If you want to be able to use some of the functionality from Plugin Y
> while Plugin X is loading (i.e. in init.rb), then you''ll need some
of
> the cunning at the top of this email. Some people have mooted using
> gems to install and load plugins, which might give you *all* of this
> functionality in the future. I''m not crazy about this idea, but
we''ll
> see what happens.
>
> - james
>
> On 8/3/06, Daniel N <has.sox@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > With so many good plugins around at the moment, I''d perhaps
like to
> require
> > some of these in one of my own rather than try to re-write their
> > functionality.
> >
> > Is there a mechanism available for making a plugin dependent on
another
> > plugin(s)?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dan
> >
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Thanx for the heads up James. I''ll certainly keep an eye on progress
on
Rapt.
I''ve had a quick look at Rapt a while ago but couldn''t get it
to work. (I''m
on winXP)
Thanx again
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