[Archivesspace_Users_Group] lcnaf plugin

[Tom Hanstra]

Ok, so I did not see that lcnaf was included in ArchivesSpace right from
the beginning. I thought I had to get the files from GitHub as I would with
other plugins, but I see that they are there. In fact several are there.

So I need to revise my overall question to:

- Why is some code added to the zip file but left as a plugin while other
code is added to the software?

In this instance, lcnaf is there but I need to update the config file to
turn it on. With other plugins, I have to get the files from somewhere else
and turn them on. And maybe do more than just put them in the directory
(for instance, oauth needs to be compiled). How is it determined what goes
where and how it is or is not included?

Sorry, but this is rather confusing to the newbie.

Thanks
Tom

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:51 AM Joshua D. Shaw <Joshua.D.Shaw at dartmouth.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> To enable any plugin in the /plugins directory, you need to update the
> config file. Specifically, the entry
>
> AppConfig[:plugins] = []
>
> The array contents are just the directory names of the plugins that you
> want to enable
>
> So, to enable just the lcnaf plugin, you would want
>
> AppConfig[:plugins] = ['lcnaf']
>
> https://archivesspace.github.io/tech-docs/ is a good resource.
>
> jds
>
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> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of Tom
> Hanstra <hanstra at nd.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 20, 2021 9:09 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] lcnaf plugin
>
> Hi, ArchivesSpace users,
>
> I continue my quest to get our site set up and have been told that I need
> to install the lcnaf plugin. I've got a few questions:
>
> First, where is the documentation on how to install the plugin? The code
> in github does not have so much as a README file to give me information on
> how to install it. Do I just grab the code and plunk it into the plugins
> directory? Or is there more to be done?
>
> Second, how does ArchivesSpace decide what plugins get pulled into code
> and which do not. This one, from what I can tell, has been around for a
> long time and yet continues to be a plugin that is added after the fact.
> Yet other plugins have been added into the code. Just curious how that gets
> decided.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
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> *Tom Hanstra*
> *Sr. Systems Administrator*
> hanstra at nd.edu
>
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*Tom Hanstra*
*Sr. Systems Administrator*
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