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On 10.03.2016 08:30, Mike Scherbakov wrote:
> Hi folks,
> in order to make a decision whether we need to support example plugins,
> and if actually need them [1], I'd suggest to discuss more common things
> about plugins.
> 
> My thoughts:
> 1) This is not good, that our plugins created for Fuel 8 won't even
> install on Fuel 9. By default, we should assume that plugin will work at
> newer version of Fuel. However, for proper user experience, I suggest to
> create meta-field "validated_against", where plugin dev would provide
> versions of Fuel this plugin has been tested with. Let's say, it was
> tested against 7.0, 8.0. If user installs plugin in Fuel 9, I'd suggest
> to show a warning saying about risks and the fact that the plugin has
> not been tested against 9. We should not restrict intsallation against
> 9, though.

Good idea. That should be done despite on any decision we will take.

> 
> 2) We need to keep backward compatibility of pluggable interface for a
> few releases. So that plugin developer can use pluggable interface of
> version x, which was supported in Fuel 6.1. If we still support it, it
> would mean (see next point) compatibility of this plugin with 6.1, 7.0,
> 8.0, 9.0. If we want to deprecate pluggable interface version, we should
> announce it, and basically follow standard process of deprecation.
> 
> 3) Plugin's ability to work against multiple releases of Fuel
> (multi-release support). If if..else clauses to support multiple
> releases are fairly minimal, let's say take less that 10% of LOC, I'd
> suggest to have this supported. Just because it will be easier for
> plugin devs to support their plugin code (no code duplication, single
> repo for multiple releases).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-March/088211.html
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> Mike Scherbakov
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> 
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