More simple way to discover dependencies for plugins

[Gert]

Version: 0.2.4 from daily ppa

It took me quite a long time to figure out why the plugins were "grayed" in the plugin section. In my humble opinion having the user to click on the "about plugin" button is not the best way to indicate a missing dependency

Keep up the good work!

[Luca Invernizzi (invernizzi)]

I agree. The "about plugin" should list the authors of the plugin, and a description, not why it's not working.
Right now I don't have any smart idea on how to change the UI to reflect that. Anyone?

[Gert (mar-rocca)]

Just a "on the fly" idea, more a clarification than a solution.

[Karlo Jež (karlo-jez)]

How about adding a line above/below plugin description with a list of
missing dependencies?

example:

title:
Export and print

description:
Exports the tasks in the current view into
a variety of formats. You can also personalize the format
of your tasks by writing your own template
This plugin cannot be enabled without installing the following python
modules:
Cheetah

essentially moving this information from the about dialog to the
description, to make it visible.
I remember it took me weeks to find out why some plugins were grayed out. :D
It didn't occur to me to open the about dialog.

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Luca Invernizzi <email address hidden>wrote:

> I agree. The "about plugin" should list the authors of the plugin, and a
> description, not why it's not working.
> Right now I don't have any smart idea on how to change the UI to reflect
> that. Anyone?
>
> ** Changed in: gtg
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Changed in: gtg
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: gtg
> Milestone: None => 0.3
>
> ** Tags added: toreview
>
> --
> More simple way to discover dependencies for plugins
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584667
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> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 0.2.4 from daily ppa
>
> It took me quite a long time to figure out why the plugins were "grayed" in
> the plugin section. In my humble opinion having the user to click on the
> "about plugin" button is not the best way to indicate a missing dependency
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
>
>

[Luca Invernizzi (invernizzi)]

I think this bug will be made obsolete by https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gtg/+bug/591747

[Erin McLaughlin (emclaughlin1215)]

I requested a merge for this bug, which I hope I did right.