client and server side plugins

[bassjobsen]

as reply on less/less.js#1386 (comment).
I think using plugins to distribute custom functions is a nice feature. For that reason i wondered if the Plugin Manager also should have a function object (just like vitsitors or postprocessors).

I also wonder what will be the best way to go to distribute plugin for server and client side (browser usage). For https://github.com/bassjobsen/less-plugin-cubehelix i implemented the strategy which can be found at: http://caolanmcmahon.com/posts/writing_for_node_and_the_browser/

Although the above seems to work i also found that i can not split up my code in different files is not possible. Sever side got a usage function and client side not.

Or should plugins always have two versions for client and server side?

Finally i'm looking for the way to distribute the client side plugins. Installing server side is that simple as npm install What can be used for client side? Packages like bower?

Thanks