* Add the mvt.plugin import surface
mvt.plugin re-exports the names a plugin needs from MVT under one import
path. It holds the module base classes and Command, the alert and result
types, the database errors a module raises, the timestamp converters, the
plugin settings API, MVT's settings, get_plugin_logger() and MVT_VERSION.
The names it exports are kept working on a best-effort basis. Changes to
them are announced in the release notes. Anything else in mvt can still be
imported, and may change between releases without notice.
get_plugin_logger(__name__) returns a logger under mvt.ext for plugin code
outside a module class. Its records then reach the console and the
command.log file of a run. A file loaded with --load-module or
--load-command is named after the file.
* Document how to write MVT plugins
The custom modules page now leads with plugin packages. Loading module
files with --load-module and MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES moves to a section on
developing a module locally.
A new "Writing a module" section shows a module which subclasses
IOSExtraction. It lists each base class, the command pair it serves and the
helpers it provides. "Depending on a built-in module" says to import a
built-in class from its family package.
"Importing from MVT" says what mvt.plugin exports and what importing from
it means. The custom commands page shows a Command subclass which lists its
own modules. The sysdiagnose and plugin configuration pages import from
mvt.plugin.