Use only plugins/disabled_plugins config in plugin loading

beets/plugins.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
 import beets
 from beets import logging
+from beets.util import unique_list
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
@@ -275,9 +276,7 @@ class BeetsPlugin(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         return helper
 
 
-def get_plugin_names(
-    include: set[str] | None = None, exclude: set[str] | None = None
-) -> set[str]:
+def get_plugin_names() -> list[str]:
     """Discover and return the set of plugin names to be loaded.
 
     Configures the plugin search paths and resolves the final set of plugins
@@ -298,14 +297,18 @@ def get_plugin_names(
     # For backwards compatibility, also support plugin paths that
     # *contain* a `beetsplug` package.
     sys.path += paths
-    plugins = include or set(beets.config["plugins"].as_str_seq())
+    plugins = unique_list(beets.config["plugins"].as_str_seq())
     # TODO: Remove in v3.0.0
-    if "musicbrainz" in beets.config and beets.config["musicbrainz"].get().get(
-        "enabled"
+    if (
+        "musicbrainz" not in plugins
+        and "musicbrainz" in beets.config
+        and beets.config["musicbrainz"].get().get("enabled")
     ):
-        plugins.add("musicbrainz")
+        plugins.append("musicbrainz")
 
-    return plugins - (exclude or set())
+    beets.config.add({"disabled_plugins": []})
+    disabled_plugins = set(beets.config["disabled_plugins"].as_str_seq())
+    return [p for p in plugins if p not in disabled_plugins]
 
 
 def _get_plugin(name: str) -> BeetsPlugin | None:
@@ -342,7 +345,7 @@ def _get_plugin(name: str) -> BeetsPlugin | None:
 _instances: list[BeetsPlugin] = []
 
 
-def load_plugins(*args, **kwargs) -> None:
+def load_plugins() -> None:
     """Initialize the plugin system by loading all configured plugins.
 
     Performs one-time plugin discovery and instantiation, storing loaded plugin
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ def load_plugins(*args, **kwargs) -> None:
     to notify other components.
     """
     if not _instances:
-        names = get_plugin_names(*args, **kwargs)
+        names = get_plugin_names()
         log.info("Loading plugins: {}", ", ".join(sorted(names)))
         _instances.extend(filter(None, map(_get_plugin, names)))
 

beets/ui/__init__.py

@@ -1579,13 +1579,7 @@ def _setup(
     """
     config = _configure(options)
 
-    def _parse_list(option: str | None) -> set[str]:
-        return set((option or "").split(",")) - {""}
-
-    plugins.load_plugins(
-        include=_parse_list(options.plugins),
-        exclude=_parse_list(options.exclude),
-    )
+    plugins.load_plugins()
 
     # Get the default subcommands.
     from beets.ui.commands import default_commands
@@ -1704,16 +1698,31 @@ def _raw_main(args: list[str], lib=None) -> None:
     parser.add_option(
         "-c", "--config", dest="config", help="path to configuration file"
     )
+
+    def parse_csl_callback(
+        option: optparse.Option, _, value: str, parser: SubcommandsOptionParser
+    ):
+        """Parse a comma-separated list of values."""
+        setattr(
+            parser.values,
+            option.dest,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            list(filter(None, value.split(","))),
+        )
+
     parser.add_option(
         "-p",
         "--plugins",
         dest="plugins",
+        action="callback",
+        callback=parse_csl_callback,
         help="a comma-separated list of plugins to load",
     )
     parser.add_option(
         "-P",
         "--disable-plugins",
-        dest="exclude",
+        dest="disabled_plugins",
+        action="callback",
+        callback=parse_csl_callback,
         help="a comma-separated list of plugins to disable",
     )
     parser.add_option(

beetsplug/loadext.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LoadExtPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         super().__init__()
 
         if not Database.supports_extensions:
-            self._log.warn(
+            self._log.warning(
                 "loadext is enabled but the current SQLite "
                 "installation does not support extensions"
             )

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ For plugin developers:
   type checking for downstream users of the beets API.
 * ``plugins.find_plugins`` function does not anymore load plugins. You need to
   explicitly call ``plugins.load_plugins()`` to load them.
+* ``plugins.load_plugins`` function does not anymore accept the list of plugins
+  to load. Instead, it loads all plugins that are configured by
+  :ref:`plugins-config` configuration.
 
 Other changes:
 

test/test_plugins.py

@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ class PluginImportTestCase(ImportHelper, PluginTestCase):
 
 
 class EventsTest(PluginImportTestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
     def test_import_task_created(self):
         self.importer = self.setup_importer(pretend=True)
 
@@ -472,10 +469,22 @@ def get_available_plugins():
     ]
 
 
-class TestImportAllPlugins(PluginMixin):
-    def unimport_plugins(self):
+class TestImportPlugin(PluginMixin):
+    @pytest.fixture(params=get_available_plugins())
+    def plugin_name(self, request):
+        """Fixture to provide the name of each available plugin."""
+        name = request.param
+
+        # skip gstreamer plugins on windows
+        gstreamer_plugins = {"bpd", "replaygain"}
+        if sys.platform == "win32" and name in gstreamer_plugins:
+            pytest.skip(f"GStreamer is not available on Windows: {name}")
+
+        return name
+
+    def unload_plugins(self):
         """Unimport plugins before each test to avoid conflicts."""
-        self.unload_plugins()
+        super().unload_plugins()
         for mod in list(sys.modules):
             if mod.startswith("beetsplug."):
                 del sys.modules[mod]
@@ -483,28 +492,21 @@ class TestImportAllPlugins(PluginMixin):
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def cleanup(self):
         """Ensure plugins are unimported before and after each test."""
-        self.unimport_plugins()
+        self.unload_plugins()
         yield
-        self.unimport_plugins()
+        self.unload_plugins()
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS") != "true",
-        reason="Requires all dependencies to be installed, "
-        + "which we can't guarantee in the local environment.",
+        reason=(
+            "Requires all dependencies to be installed, which we can't"
+            " guarantee in the local environment."
+        ),
     )
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("plugin_name", get_available_plugins())
-    def test_import_plugin(self, caplog, plugin_name):  #
-        """Test that a plugin is importable without an error using the
-        load_plugins function."""
-
-        # skip gstreamer plugins on windows
-        gstreamer_plugins = ["bpd", "replaygain"]
-        if sys.platform == "win32" and plugin_name in gstreamer_plugins:
-            pytest.xfail("GStreamer is not available on Windows: {plugin_name}")
-
+    def test_import_plugin(self, caplog, plugin_name):
+        """Test that a plugin is importable without an error."""
         caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING)
-        caplog.clear()
-        plugins.load_plugins(include={plugin_name})
+        self.load_plugins(plugin_name)
 
         assert "PluginImportError" not in caplog.text, (
             f"Plugin '{plugin_name}' has issues during import."