Watch for plugin updates for Indigo 2023.2
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:36 pm
Indigo 2023.2 has a new feature for plugins that use third-party library modules:
This will eliminate the user having to install those modules manually (using the pip install Terminal command. Which would be required for all plugins that use third-party modules, as Indigo 2023.2 now uses a newer version of Python (3.11 to be exact).
So when you update to Indigo 2023.2, check for new plugin versions before you run any Terminal commands to install libraries.
Might be best to wait a day or two to update to give the plugin authors time to push those updates to the plugin store.
Added automatic processing of requirements.txt files such that any specified 3rd party libraries will automatically be installed when the plugin first starts.
When a requirements.txt file is processed, Indigo will attempt to remove the quarantine flag on the plugin to avoid the warning dialog sometimes presented to users.
This will eliminate the user having to install those modules manually (using the pip install Terminal command. Which would be required for all plugins that use third-party modules, as Indigo 2023.2 now uses a newer version of Python (3.11 to be exact).
So when you update to Indigo 2023.2, check for new plugin versions before you run any Terminal commands to install libraries.
Might be best to wait a day or two to update to give the plugin authors time to push those updates to the plugin store.