Plugin Packs

[n00b42]

Plugin “Packs”:

Allow users to group plugins together, either for working well with each other or for beeing productively used together, so that others see what might be good setups.

(The same would be interesting for compatibility with Forge Mods, but I think that might be out of scope for Ore)

[ryantheleach]

I fail to see the need. Mod Packs often have customization, and tweaks to mods, and (was previously) non-trivial to get multiple mods to play well together.

I don't see why we need to encourage servers to clone each other further then they already do, having a diverse server ecosystem is a strength to Sponge rather then a detriment.

If you really want to do this, consider releasing on the forums. (assuming the plugin license allows redistribution)

[n00b42]

I did not mean prepackaged zip with all mods/plugins, but more of a "community" feature, were a user could add plugins to a (pure) virtual combination, so that others get ideas what mod is used alongside which other.

Its definitly something one could do in the forum, but might also be a nice feature for Ore in my mind.

[ItsDoot]

Or perhaps a "Users also downloaded:" section?

[phase]

If we want to have Plugin Packs, I think it should be a list of Plugin Versions, with maybe extra files like configs?

cc @worm424 @Inscrutable

[progwml6]

Plugin packs(server & client versions will exist) is construed of a manifest file with the artifacts for a tool to download from ore, along with folders for configs, world templates, etc.

Client packs will use manifests, as these need launchers anyway, however, server packs would need to be discussed if we want to use the manifest approach and provide a tool ourselves to go from manifest to usable server/upgrade servers, or just provide large server pack zips

[liach]

I would rather let server owners define their own set of packs. IMO the core of the packs is the custom configuration files. Moreover, we might consider including mods.

[phase]

If "Packs" exist at all on Ore, they're going to be a collection of projects on Ore, meaning and plugin or mod for a platform we support. The simplest solution would be to have an interface that allows a user to add a project and a specific version of that project, and also allow them to upload a zip with extra files (the review team would need to check these to make sure there aren't extra mods in them). Then the user can download a zip with all the mods and the extra files uploaded.