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marwan-at-work opened this issue Nov 22, 2022 · 2 comments
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plugin: document that the package is not recommended #56893

marwan-at-work opened this issue Nov 22, 2022 · 2 comments
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marwan-at-work commented Nov 22, 2022 •
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Hi there,

Almost every informal conversation I have with a member of the Go team about the plugin package, they tell me to stay away from it for various reasons.

However, the package docs don't mention anything about that: https://pkg.go.dev/plugin

There are projects in the open source that use plugins as a measure of extensibility such as tyk.

Therefore, we should really document that the package should just not be used in any serious/production environments if what I've heard in the past about the plugin package still applies.

Furthermore, it would be great to document what are the reasons/concerns to making the plugin package not production-ready and maybe eventually resolve that as it certainly can be helpful.

cc: @bcmills @alandonovan and @ianthehat from a few conversations in the past :)
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Hi Marwan! I agree it would be a good idea to write down the technical problems it creates (as well as those it solves) so that users can make an informed decision.

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Change https://go.dev/cl/452695 mentions this issue: plugin: add warning

@seankhliao seankhliao changed the title Document that the plugin package is not recommended plugin: document that the package is not recommended Nov 22, 2022
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