[RFC] Extension Managment using Composer

[MichaelC]

Ticket: http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11150

[imkingdavid]

With the creation of the Custom BBCodes contribution type (click), it might be a good idea to add support for installing directly from the database there as well. We could just modify the contribution creation thing to automatically create a composer.json for the custom bbcodes that are submitted. Anyway, it's just a thought.

[MichaelC]

With the creation of the Custom BBCodes contribution type (click), it might be a good idea to add support for installing directly from the database there as well. We could just modify the contribution creation thing to automatically create a composer.json for the custom bbcodes that are submitted. Anyway, it's just a thought.

I'll have a look at this but only after I've done the main contribution types (Styles, Language Packs, Extensions). Bear in mind that what your suggesting means making a downloadable zip with three files inside which would contain the three items (html replacement, bbcode usage and helpline), then a way to get information from files and create the custom bbcode after somehow notifying the db that it got downloaded so it can then add the bbcode. Then updating it would be even more difficult. And the having [REQ] bbcodes and [ALT] bbcodes makes it almost impossible.

[DavidIQ]

I wouldn't bother integrating them. We can come up with something else instead of trying to jam them in as an extension.

[MichaelC]

I wouldn't bother integrating them. We can come up with something else instead of trying to jam them in as an extension.

Actually that is kind of clever. Extensions being able to support custom BBcodes. An option file called bbcodes.json which when loaded adds custom bbcodes specified within it.

[Pony99CA]

With the creation of the Custom BBCodes contribution type (click), it might be a good idea to add support for installing directly from the database there as well. We could just modify the contribution creation thing to automatically create a composer.json for the custom bbcodes that are submitted. Anyway, it's just a thought.

I don't know about using Composer, but I suggested a Custom BBCode import facility a couple of months ago, so I'm in favor of something like this.

Steve

[Kamahl19]

Right now, admin has to download Ext package and upload it to FTP manually. There could be another 2 options.

1. Search for package in your PC and upload it via ACP
2. Search for Extensions which are in phpbb.com Extensions DB. For example admin wants a chat extension, so he search for "chat" and it displays all Extensions with "chat" in name or description. Then he selects the Ext he wants and click Install. It will download the package automatically to his FTP and enables it.

There could be some more features in ACP:
1. list of all Extensions created by phpbb.com Ext team
2. featured extensions - extensions created by community but featured by phpbb.com team
3. most popular extensions - list of most downloaded extensions

Edit: I posted this in wrong forum, please move it to RFCs

[Meis2M]

very lovely suggestion. +1

[Jessica.]

I've always liked the ease of uploading mods with Automod, so installing extensions should be similar

[Master_Cylinder]

Very much like how wordpress does it, if you work with styles in a similar manner, you have a winner.

I'd skip the bloated list, most downloaded, etc and stick to search. They can go to the phpBB site for the extras.