From b421b02a1edafb88f650299215b93648e6c810fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stein Magnus Jodal <stein.magnus@jodal.no>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:39:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: More extdev notes

---
 docs/extensiondev.rst | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/extensiondev.rst b/docs/extensiondev.rst
index f93cd645..19cbd1e4 100644
--- a/docs/extensiondev.rst
+++ b/docs/extensiondev.rst
@@ -60,12 +60,18 @@ Notes
 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