Test: Custom XML - Ok

[rgleason]

Using most recent O 5.0.522 (Windows)
On github find a plugin xml file navigate to it and then pick RAW, then use that URL

Enter the URL and press Update Catalog Custom, it ends with screen blink and message "Catalog Update Successful"
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCPN/plugins/master/ocpn-plugins.xml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCPN/plugins/Beta/ocpn-plugins.xml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCPN/plugins/Alpha/ocpn-plugins.xml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCPN/plugins/Beta/metadata/testplugin-plugin-msvc-10.0.14393.xml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCPN/plugins/Beta/metadata/weather_routing-plugin-msvc-10.0.14393.xml

Here is one using my plugin repository's rg-alpha branch which is usiing a meta-url that is seen in the Alpha branch. It also works.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rgleason/plugins/rg-alpha/ocpn-plugins.xml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rgleason/plugins/rg-alpha/metadata/weather_routing-plugin-msvc-10.0.14393.xml

Here is one using Cloudsmith xmls which also works for a single plugin.

https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rick-gleason/opencpn-plugins-beta/raw/names/weather_routing-msvc-10.0.14393-metadata/versions/1.13.5.+135.033dfa3/weather_routing-plugin-msvc-10.0.14393.xml

When you pick a file that does not exist or is not the right environment there is an appropriate message.

What doesn;'t work, but would be very handy for a number of reasons, is to be able to Browse to a local folder, say in the local github directory under the local 'plugin' repository,, entering something like this

C:\Users\Rick\Documents\GitHub\plugins\opcn-plugins.xml

Then we would not have to push to test. (This is useful when the XML up on Cloudsmith needs to be fixed due to pathnames or something.) May be an infresquent need however (hopefully).

[rgleason]

Closing, cleanup