[vlc-devel] commit: Don't ignore-config on the webplugin (Jean-Baptiste Kempf )

[jpd at videolan.org]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 12:07:47PM +0200, R??mi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:36:24 +0200, jpd at videolan.org wrote:
> > Probably should have multiple config support, possibly with
> > restrictions for exactly these cases. Applies to at least our
> > plugin_s_, possibly also embedded, kiosk, or use-without-installing
> > (misnamed ``portable'') uses.
>
> No. This is a pointless effort because Web plugins have no
> configuration UI at the moment. This just needs to be reverted. It
> adds a lot of bugs just to work around (not even _fix_) a single one.

I do not argue either way about reverting now. However, I did and
do suggest this is a useful feature, regardless of what you want
right now. In fact, I think we will see more and more demands for
use-without-installing binaries, and then configuration support
much more flexible than we have now will become mandatory.

A configuration UI in the regular interface with support for multiple
configurations would fix that lack of configuration UI in plugins
handily, if a bit obscurely.