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Register plugins through entry points

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the plugin registration and discovery entry points in the repository, along with the linked pytest entry-point documentation. Confirm how the pyproject.toml example should map plugin names to LogHandler objects and how editable installs should behave. Done means plugins can register through the snakemake.logger entry-point group without requiring a specific package name or structure.

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Description

Have you considered making plugins able to be registered through the entry point system?

The plugin author could simply add something like the following to pyproject.toml:

[project.entry-points."snakemake.logger"]
mylogger = "mypackage.pluginmodule:LogHandler"

This would not require the package to have a specific name/structure and would also work with editable installs, making development easier.

I'd be happy to contribute a PR if people think it would be a good feature.

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