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SteamDeckHomebrew / decky-loader

A plugin loader for the Steam Deck.
https://decky.xyz
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Suggestion: Link to Repo from DeckUI #294

Closed JohnnyBlocks closed 1 year ago

JohnnyBlocks commented 1 year ago

For plug-ins it would be neat to have a link to the repo instead of just an author name.

Is there vetting process for plugins or can anyone add them to the list? I like to review the code before I add plugins.

TrainDoctor commented 1 year ago

Is there vetting process for plugins or can anyone add them to the list? I like to review the code before I add plugins.

Yes there's an entire submission, review and testing process. Please see the wiki page covering the topic. Here's the repository where all plugins are stored as a submodule.

JohnnyBlocks commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the confirmation.

But yes a link to their repo on this UI would be super nice.

TrainDoctor commented 1 year ago

But yes a link to their repo on this UI would be super nice.

The web page UI is legacy and will probably be dropped at some time in the future. @EMERALD0874 is working on a UI revamp to the current decky store UI and I'll ask them to add some considerations in to account for such a link.

PartyWumpus commented 1 year ago

The web page UI is legacy and will probably be dropped at some time in the future

Would just like to say: I think it could be a good idea to keep the web version of the store alive in some form (probably with the nonfunctional download buttons removed and replaced with repo links or something). I've seen some users wanting to see what kind of plugins are available before they install decky and I'd imagine some might be put off by a github repo.

Not actually sure if anyone actually has used it though and not sure if that outweighs the number of people it's confused. Of course, if it's too much extra work to maintain then just get rid of it.

(Possibly a better idea to put this in #280, not sure? Sorry that this is a little off-topic from the issue raised.)

AAGaming00 commented 1 year ago

Due to how the plugins are currently uploaded and stored, the plugin store backend has no way to tell what repo a plugin can be found at. It only knows the creator's name and the plugin's name, not the URL.

JohnnyBlocks commented 1 year ago

That is why it needs to be a feature request.

The schema needs to be expanded. User interface created. Etc etc.

It would be a huge quality/trust improvement for people looking at plugins.

EMERALD0874 commented 1 year ago

During the store redesign in #343, I considered adding a repo link area for each plugin but decided it would create too much clutter as the entire URL would need to be shown for it to be effective (most people aren't going to review source code from the Deck itself).

As a compromise, there is now a note in the About tab that gives information on how to easily find the source code of plugins. Please feel free to reopen this issue if this isn't satisfactory. https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/pull/343/commits/3e039cab82f093257fc968b566806beff0075e95