On 11/1/23 03:07, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
On Dienstag, 31. Oktober 2023 23:45:39 CET Jack via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
As I'm updating the handbook, there are a number of places where it
says the plugins may be available for Linux Distributions as separate
packages, rather than being compiled into the core KMyMoney. Does
anyone know if this is still true, or are all distros now compiling all
plugins included with the core source code directly into their
versions? I think it would simplify the handbook not to have to
mention the possibility of needing additional packages, especially if
they are no longer used.
I think the initial idea was that people outside the project will
provide plugins which will then be delivered as separate packages
by the distros. This, unfortunately, never happened and all current
plugins are part of the main source code tree. From what I know,
distros usually build the whole tree, so the details in the handbook
can be removed. (my 2 cents)
That matches my understanding. I have already added a general section
on plugins to one of the first few chapters, which I will further expand
with more of these details. I have started, and will continue to remove
most mentions of plugins (especially regarding separate packages) from
the sections on each of the plugins.
Thanks.
Jack
