Re: Load all opt plugins in a package at once?

Nicola wrote:

> (Sorry for yet another post, but I have embraced packages and I really like
> them!)
>
> To load all the optional plugins of a package a :packadd command must be issued
> once for each plugin.
>
> What do you think about adding a command that loads all the plugins in an opt
> directory at once? Something like:
>
> :packaddall[!] {name} Search for a package directory in 'packpath' and source
> all the plugin files found inside each optional plugin
> directory in that package. The directory must match:
> pack/{name}
> For each directory pack/{name}/opt/foobar, a
> `:packadd[!] foobar` command is issued.
>
> A command like the above might not be necessary in a (future) world
> where each plugin takes care of loading its own dependencies from the
> same package. But I can imagine a situation in which a user may build
> its own package by putting together loosely coupled plugins. Or a
> package that provides some optional extensions, which are independent
> of each other. In those cases, a command like the above might be
> convenient.

Well, although I don't think this is a bad idea, I think we also need to
push plugin/package writers to set it up properly.

In general, ":packadd <name>" should be sufficient to load whatever
"name" does. There can be other optional plugins that the user may want
to load or not. :packaddall sounds more like "load everything that
happened to be in that archive". Might work now, but with the next
update it might add a plugin for debugging that you don't want.

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