Changes in this release:- Check for plugin updates in the background at startup and every 4 hours, update icon if available
- Add support for donation hyperlink to plugin developers in Plugin Index page
- Handle invalid name/value pairs from imperfect editing of the forum index page
A little more detail on the two key points of this release. The first being that the plugin will now check periodically and at Calibre startup to see whether there are any updates available for the plugins that you have installed. If there are, you will see the icon change to have a red exclamation mark in the corner, and the text name change to have a * after it (for those of you who use menu bars or no icons).
The second change is a column in the GUI dialog in combination with a hyperlink on the plugin forum index page allowing users to make PayPal donations to the individual plugin developer. If any of the other plugin developers also want to encourage such donations for their plugins, just send me an "email link" for your PayPal donation page and I will update the forum index.
The donations stuff has all been discussed with Kovid - obviously it is not my intent or desire to significantly impact his own Calibre income. However speaking for myself having spent several thousand hours doing Calibre development/support over the last six months for nothing more than giggles the time committed has gotten rather out of proportion.
I know there are other plugin developers out there who also have spent serious amounts of time supporting their plugins. So if someone wants to donate a few extra dollars every now and then to keep that developer encouraged to continue then we would be very grateful.
