turicas/rows

Auto discover plugins

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#28 opened on Jun 10, 2015

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Description

Create an automated way to discover installed plugins and give users the ability to create their own plugins and upload to PyPI without our intervention (like nose does, using setuptools' entrypoints)

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Research direction
Explore how to use setuptools entrypoints to automatically discover plugins. Look at how nose implements plugin registration and adapt it for rows.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backendtooling
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
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PythonGit
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60