So is this now going to be a thing or not?
I'm currently trying to shift to the new style, but i don't think the support for this is that huge currently. Or maybe I do not see how to use some of the libraries in this new way. Anyone got some feedback regarding: LibCustomMenu LibGPS LibMapPing LibMapPins-1.0 LibPotionBuff Any feedback would be appreciated. :) |
LibPotionBuff will be changed, already got a beta version for tests here if you want to try it out:
LibPotionBuff without LibStub And the others will follow, I'm pretty sure. So I will definately remove LibStub from my libraries. It takes some time but e.g. LibFilters needed a new version for this (3.0) and 2.0 should be replaced with 3.0 soon! I guess you should start to modify your addons to support both ways. Either the global variable or LibStub like this: Lua Code:
In your addon#s manifest ttx be sure to add LibPotionBuff to the ##DependsOn: entry: Code:
##DependsOn: LibPotionBuff If you have the libraries included into your addon's zip archive you should start to remove them, or be sure to support them properly so either users containing older versions of your addon WITH LibStub libraries are able to use it AND new versions without it as well (as shown above in the example). |
I guess i just ran into this here... LibAddonMenu present in an old version and me only supporting the new one.
No idea of how i should feel supporting both versions at the moment o_O Thanks for the info btw. :) |
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First check if the global variable LibAddonMenu2 exists and use it for your local instance of LAM, and if not check if LibStub is loaded and load the lib via this way. After this check if your local instance of LAM is there and if not abort your addon with an error message (e.g. use assert() function to do so). |
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I agree with the approach of moving the libraries directly to the AddOn folder and getting rid of lib directories within AddOns. Furthermore, i agree with the approach of removing the LibStub part. That's actually why I began to change my AddOns. Yet I didn't expect this behavior at the beginning and I don't think the benefit is really huge in the way things are currently. What I expected was that the AddOn doesn't get loaded at all without the dependencies. The behavior should be managed directly by ZOS / ESO trough DependsOn. Yet, I find myself having to add additional code (instead of getting rid of it) to verify if there isn't a library loaded the old way. Which actually means for me that the benefit isn't huge. If I want the AddOn to run everywhere fine, I would still have to add the library to my AddOn as otherwise it wouldn't run and I would have to handle that case. I don't see an assert / printing a message as very useful or the way I'd like it to be. Not sure how I'll adjust my AddOn now... guess I'll see. |
If you don't want the library to be loaded without dependency then maybe include/or not the library within your addon's folder BUT don't load it from your addon's txt file but let it have it's own librray's txt file and use the DependsOn in your addon's txt file.
This way you provide the lib and your addon should work as expected and NOT load if the lib is missing/get's removed. Adding additional code is curently only needed for the phase where libraries might exist as version with and w/o LibStub. My approach would be to remove LibStub completely and let addons crash so they need an update but this will break older unmaintained addons as well and thus is not the wanted behaviour (I wouldn't mind as it's easy to ask and fix them as well but some ppl here just want everything to be running smooth and fine. Remembering the wide user reactions on the library changes in the past I can understand them... Not all of the users seem to wish to get a fix but love to simply complain and rage :rolleyes: ) |
You don't actually need the assert/debug line to see if the library isn't loaded because you are already using ##DependsOn and users need to install it seperately anyway. Even if the LAM instance that is loaded comes from an (older) addon that had it embedded (with its manifest) it still loads with LibStub through that.
I agree you'd still need this (taking LibPotionBuff as an example): Code:
local lpb = LibPotionBuff Code:
local lpb = LibStub("LibPotionBuff") |
If you're relying on a library that hasn't switched yet: you're stuck for now, but this is just the first step in getting away from it.
In regards to LAM, if someone hasn't updated to the version of LAM that allows direct access to LAM (r28+) and they use my addons that requires that: I'm just letting it break. I'm not bothering to support old versions of LAM when there's a new version. |
Updated the Wiki with some library information:
https://wiki.esoui.com/Libraries |
Nicely done, Baertram. Thanks for updating the wiki.
And thanks for the information about why a "/libs/..." directory has to exist. I did not know that the game automatically overwrites existing add-on programs in the /AddOns/... folder when embedded or included add-on programs are included at the same level as their host add-on (the one that's being loaded) program. |
Basically it's the zip extraction software which will do this or Minion (if used).
If you build a zip archive containing 2 folders, 1 for your addon and 1 for a library (or like another addon did in the past "Libraries for addon xyz": All needed libraries as own folders in a zip archive) the software will extract the zip and extract all folders to the "AddOns" directory directly then. Minion will overwrite other exisitng folders afaik (maybe only those which got the name of the installed Addon, but I'm not sure about this). If you manually extract the zip archive and the popup says "Overwrite existing ..." and you press Yes (what you will do if the addon existed already :o) it will overwrite the existing library folders as well. Edit: It does not need to be a /libs/ directory. You could also ship the library within your addons directory directly, without a subfolder. /Addons/YourAddon/LibAddonMenu-2.0/LibAddonMenu-2.0.txt Maybe it's easier to "find" and "read" though if it's a /lib/ subfolder. Just don't add the library directly to the zip's folder depth 0 (which will be the AddOns directory after extraction). |
Yeah. Minion 3 will simply overwrite the folder without any warning. The worst part, it won't even recognize that it just replaced your new and shiny LAMr29 with an old LAMr23 and will continue to show it as up to date. Not entirely sure yet how to properly solve this in Minion 4. One idea I have discussed with Dolby is to reject uploads that contain folders named after the manifest of another addon on the root level of the archive, but that won't help with the addons that already exist and do this.
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Couldn't Minion 3/4 scan the addons directory after finishing an update/an update batch for multiple addons and read the manifest txt files to check if the versions in there are the same as the Minion server's version of the addon/library? Something like a check after update again. Outdated addons or libs should then be shown the "Update" button again. |
Or Minion could scan and retain the folder names in the ##DependsOn: directives family and use the ESOUI catalog versions for any embedded folders whose names already exist in the ESOUI catalog.
The ESOUI catalog maintenance program(s) could also scan and retain folder names from any subordinate directories they find as well. This option would close the door on developers who don't like or don't use Minion and write their manifest.txt files that way too. I think adding these options might give users who insist on embedding libraries in their add-ons the debatable benefit of automatic updates to the latest and greatest versions of the embedded libraries in their add-ons. I think I may have read something about doing something like this in another set of posts on Gitter or here. |
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what to change? need to change something here? commenting libstub line didnt help Code:
-- INITIALIZATION Code:
-- LOCAL FUNCTIONS Code:
user:/AddOns/InventoryAssistant/InventoryAssistant.lua:471: attempt to index a nil value |
A quick fix (most likely), change it to this:
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self.async = LibAsync:Create ( self.name ) |
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user:/AddOns/InventoryAssistant/InventoryAssistant.lua:471: attempt to index a nil value may be its because this library, using withing addon, not ready to work without libStub ? https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info...ntHandler.html |
You'll have to remove the LibStub dependency from there too.
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