'Creates and return a TreeStore where the basic information about
the plugins: the plugin ID, name, intended version of the tool
and plugin version'

def createPluginInfo(self, plugin_manager):

    plugin_info = Gtk.TreeStore(str, str, str, str)
    for (plugin_id, params) in self.plugin_settings.iteritems():
        plugin_info.append(None, [plugin_id, params['name'], params['version'], params['plugin_version']])
    sorted_plugin_info = Gtk.TreeModelSort(model=plugin_info)
    sorted_plugin_info.set_sort_column_id(1, Gtk.SortType.ASCENDING)
    return sorted_plugin_info
