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Marsman
02-24-2005, 06:07 PM
Can Addon Authors PLEASE standardize the following things:

Use the full "Interface/Addons/yourscript" when packaging your addon?
About half the authors use the full path and the rest just include the folder for their addon. This makes it very difficult for users to have to keep changing the extract location. Can we PLEASE make a standard for the full path so users can just count on extracting to their WoW folder.

Can authors PLEASE include a folder.nopatch along with their scripts. Cosmos is going through a lot of changes and we really need to be able to run the cleanup function. By having a folder.nopatch to go with your addon, users will be able to properly patch the default cosmos package without it cleaning outside addons forcing users to have to re-extract them?

Auctioneer is an example of an author doing this correctly. He uses the full path and includes an auctioneer.nopatch in his distribution which makes for a very painfree simple installation. Can we all jump on board this standard make live a little easier for the end users?

Thanks in Advance! :D
Kyzoku
02-24-2005, 07:52 PM
Why not just use something like WoW UI Manager (http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=314) which makes it so you don't need to worry about how the author packaged the script, or about creating your own .nopatch files? It takes care of everything for you.

It's also a lot easier than trying to get every AddOn author to adhere to a "standard".
Rayyl
02-24-2005, 10:15 PM
If you don't have .nopatch files, Cosmos***** will purge that addon if it is optioned to keep the interface directory clean. I just downloaded the latest WoW UI Manager, installed an addon, and Cosmos purged it to confirm.
Gryphon
02-24-2005, 10:17 PM
It isn't so much for the poster, he obviously knows about how .nopatch works and stuff. It is just much easier telling your computer illiterate friends how to manage their addons if you don't have to hold their hand all the way through the entire process.

WoW UIManager has nothing to do at all with the original post.