Hi, with the inclusion of a plugin system we provide a convenient way of injecting functionalities to Koha. I was about to write one myself for implementing some cute graphics (jqPlot) and circulation statistics we had in our 3.0.x fork prior to our 3.8 upgrade.
Then I came to think this should indeed be proposed as a new Koha feature (for which there's even a bug). I ended up thinking:
- Plugins provide a convenient way to deploy some stuff early (which I need for our 3.12 move), like stuff won't make it into a specific release.
- If I succeed I should post it somewhere so people can use it.
- There's not a convenient way for it to get QAed so we cannot provide any warranty (not legal but in terms of confidence on Koha as a product) it won't break sensitive stuff (a reports plugin sounds harmless but what limits are imposed to plugins? I guess none).
So, I belive we should discuss the creation of a sort of "Official plugins repository" where QAed plugins could be uploaded.