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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

On 04/03/2018 01:20 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> On 03/04/18 13:17, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> I think we should not disable the github plugin, but we may need to
>> remove it from the wizard in a way that does not emphasize that this is
>> the way to go. Maybe it is ok to remove it completely from the wizard,
>> but just let the plugin in the fp-lib-table still work.
> 
> I would rather disable it (with the possibility to re-enable in some
> config file for "hardcore" users). Over the last 3 years it brought us
> mostly troubles and no big advantage.

I second that, the only potential issue we need to deal with is the
current plugin users. Once we remove the plugin, they will be stuck with
footprint libraries full of broken entries.

For v6 we should simply provide a simple library updater taking
advantage of generic git interface (e.g. libgit), instead of tying
ourselves to Github.

Cheers,
Orson

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