[Yum-devel] [PATCH/RFC] What to do if a plugin fails to load?

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 02:43:13PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> In some cases (especially on distro upgrades where you have to do
> further updates after the fact), loading plugins can fail to load for
> various reasons.  We should probably be tolerant of that and just not
> load them.  What do people think of the attached?

Not to make things more difficult, but some plugins may be more vital than
others -- in some cases, running with a plugin disabled may really screw up
the system. (For example, protectbase.) How about making "failure mode" a
standard configuration option in the conf file for each plugin?


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