Extensions

Note: This document is wiped clean after a meeting has their notes moved to devtalk. Feel free to add topics for future discussions here.

• Latest meeting notes.

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Changelog:

• New 'sponsor' field on the website. Removed
• Tags are now optional.
• Description is no longer part of the manifest.

Pre-release week tasks

Blender

• See Alpha tasks.
• New icons and sorting !118521
• Filter menu

Multi-platform Support:

• Blender: filter add-ons per OS
• Show in web

Back-end

• Abandoned Submission (what to do when a submission is not completed?)
  • Users should be maintainers even before pressing submit for review
• Preview images requirement is not being inforced right now. #37
• Email notifications

Frontend

• Show average for version
• Add OpenGraph
• Style Abuse submission/detail page
• Approval Queue: Sort by last activity
• Be able to edit version and changelog.
  • And blender max version?
• There is no way to "remove" a preview image from the first time submission form @martonlente
• Profile page doesnt work well in dark mode @martonlente
• Hide STATUS of image previews
• remove the No Previews pending approval message (for approval queue detail)
• dont show permissions (or lack of) for non-addons
• Allow to delete previews (from submission page) - see devtalk feedback @martonlente
• Cards
  • Remove scale up of card thumbnails
  • Bigger tags in cards

General

• Icon/logo/square thumbnail
• 16:9 thumbnail (also used for social)
• Authentication permission
• Investigate what's wrong with previews (right now if you only have one you need to save draft and then save afterwards for it to be shown)
• Submission notes
• Crontab for write_stats (download count)
• E-mail notifications
• Add more tags and document them.
• Report a Bug
• How to migrate addons to extensions (user manual).
• Onboarding
  • A text to help people get started on the front page with a link to
• Update about screenshots
• Blender Version Max
  • Documentation blender_version_max as something suggested for authors (right now)
  • Also use this to talk about tracks/versions (it could be a document: Versions and Compatibility) - also advice on bumping major number (or at least minor) for new blender releases (to support hot fix with patch versions ..1, ..2)
  • Allow anyone to "Suggest Blender Version Max (with explanation)"
  • Allow moderators to set blender version max
• Documentation about working with versions
• Invite more people
  • Amaranth
• Devtalk mention chat
• Blender QoL
  • Blender: Fix the filter UI or logic (install and enable is indeed ONLY while legacy is a legit show)
    • Enum (All, Installed, Enabled) + Show Legacy
    • Save settings BUT indicate that things are being filtered
  • Extension panel (Uninstall + Website buttons, preferences as subpanel)
  • Blender: Move development tools under experimental
  • Have Install button as default

Moderation

• Landing page for Abuse Reports
• Convert that moderators can access reports (https://extensions.blender.org/abuse/reports/1/)

Good to have, but not required now

• Support delete extensions.
• [ ] PR Video for Alpha Release (we do it for beta)
• Review Queue: Separate Publishing from Approving
• Makes sure OpenAPI shows the correct scheme (right not it includes is_listed, …).
• Redirects to different API entry points depending on the blender_version argument.
• Have a way to store all the images from the description locally?
• HackMD preview for admin flatpages.
• Blender:
  • Pack Theme as Extension for easy sharing.

Actionable Feedback from devtalk

• Small: Delete Extension (hide the button for now) @martonlente
• Done: Reviews: "Not publicly visible" > "Awaiting approval" @martonlente
• Small: Reviews: After reviewing (while review is in moderation), the Be First to Review still shows. @martonlente
  
• Small: Version History: Show the latest item expanded (similar to the LTS changelog). @martonlente
• Small: Links to have a more distinguishable look in the info panel (underlined?) @martonlente
• Medium: Reviews: Forbidden bug #39
  • Only show Reviews if published
• Big: blender version max - way for people to suggest a version cap, and for moderators to approve this.
• Big: Search by tags (e.g., by using #Animation?)
• TBD: List view option
• Warn about using expensive operations such as frame handlers. (frame_pre, post)
• First time message
• Tags for themes
  • Dark
  • Light
  • Print
  • Accessibility
  • High Contrast
• Tags per extension type

Add-on creaters invited/contacde

• BlenderBIM (Dion) - Dalai
• QuickMenu (Tim/passivestar) - Dalai
• ConjureSDF (João Desager) - Dalai
• ScreenRecording (Nutti) - Dalai
• Baking (Daniel Bystedt) - Dalai
• BLOSM (vvoovv) - Dalai
• Curtis Holt - Dalai (via a form on the site)
• Push to Talk/Edit Breadown (Ines) - Dalai
• Photogrammetry Importer - Sebastin Bullinger - Dalai
  Todo:
• BlenderGIS https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS - not compliant - requires API

diff --git a/extensions/models.py b/extensions/models.py
index 3c0875b..9f07b29 100644
--- a/extensions/models.py
+++ b/extensions/models.py
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ class Extension(
         self.save()
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return reverse('extensions:detail', args=[self.type_slug, self.slug])
+        if self.status == self.STATUSES.APPROVED:
+            return reverse('extensions:detail', args=[self.type_slug, self.slug])
+        else:
+            return reverse('reviewers:approval-detail', args=[self.slug])
 
     def get_manage_url(self):
         return reverse('extensions:manage', args=[self.type_slug, self.slug])