[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #2460: Build a plugin architecture

[Buildbot]

#2460: Build a plugin architecture
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Reporter:  dustin        |      Owner:
    Type:  project-idea  |     Status:  new
Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  0.9.+
 Version:  0.8.7p1       |   Keywords:
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 It should be possible for users to add extra functionality to Buildbot by
 installing additional packages from pypi.  The extra functionality should
 include
  * change sources
  * build steps
  * status plugins
  * web UI components

 The setuptools entry-points support can help here.

 Once this is complete, long-term unmaintained code currently distributed
 with Buildbot should be moved to external projects (still in the Buildbot
 github organization) where it can be maintained - or not - by its users.

 We should produce simple "hello-world" templates for each type of plugin,
 so that users have somewhere to start.

 == scope ==

 This project will involve understanding how Python packages are built,
 tested, documented, and distributed.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.buildbot.net/ticket/2460>
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