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An extension wants to:
- Be automatically found if installed
- Either register a setuptools entry points on installation, or
- Require a line of configuration to activate the extension
- Provide default config
- Validate configuration
- Pass all configuration to every extension, let the extension complain on
anything it wants to
- Validate presence of dependencies
- Python packages (e.g. pyspotify)
- Other software
- Other extensions (e.g. SoundCloud depends on stream backend)
- The presence of other extensions can be validated in the configuration
validation step
- Validate that needed TCP ports are free
- Register new GStreamer elements
- Be asked to start running
- Be asked to shut down