Feature Request: add "extensible" tag to package-info.json

[rconstanzo]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe the problem.

As per the Max package doc "extensible" is:

An integer (0 or 1) to indicate whether this package can be extended by another package. Package extension means that the extending package becomes logically part of the extensible package in terms of how it appears in the File Browser and Reference Window. For instance, the RISE package extends the extensible BEAP package. As such, RISE patchers and documentation are included in the BEAP package entries in the File Browser and Reference.

As SP-Tools will eventually be on the Package Manager, and I'm using "extends" : "FluidCorpusManipulation",, it would be good if it tied in more directly.

Describe the solution you'd like to see.

Adding the following to package-info.json:
"extensible" : 1,

Describe alternatives you've considered

N/A

Additional context

I don't think this is the case already, but I imagine it would be possible/useful if someone installs SP-Tools, but does not have FluCoMa installed, that the combination of "extensible" and "extends" could make it such that the dependency (FluCoMa) is installed automatically(?).

[tremblap]

@jamesb93 do you foresee any issue? Otherwise it is trivial so I'll just PR it right away

[rconstanzo]

Looking at the HIRT one, it has "extensible" : 0,, which I imagine is @AlexHarker being completionist in terms of filling in all the fields, but don't know what the implications are for having it set to "1".

[rconstanzo]

I've inquired on the Max beta to see if there's any important implications/clarifications.

[rconstanzo]

Ok, so right now you can only "extends" and "extensible" project. Nothing is done with dependencies one way or another, but nothing bad to happen with "extensible" being set to 1 (unless you specifically don't want it extended).

[jamesb93]

Sorry I missed this. IIRC it's not a benefit or a badness either way as its unused. But it might get used in the future by the framework that deploys packages to users.