Re: [equinox-dev] uninstalling plugins

[Peter Manahan <manahan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just want to confirm that the facilities
for dynamic removal/updates will be there but that the UI can't use them.
 If we have our own plugins/features that don't contribute to the
UI then the dynamic update/removal will be supported for those? The use
case is an  RCP application that has some non-ui plugins I'd like
to be able to update the non-ui plugins without a restart. I am using the
update manager api's to apply the updates. 


Thanks,

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Peter Manahan
IBM Rational Tools
Common Install
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manahan@xxxxxxxxxx

Jeff McAffer/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
Sent by: equinox-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx

11/02/2004 08:44 AM

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Subject	Re: [equinox-dev] uninstalling plugins

It is not quite as bad as it seems.  The main usecase we have seen
for dynamic plugins is dynamic addition.  This is/will be handled
correctly.  The dynamic removal/update cases are very real but somewhat
more rare.  We fully intend to do that but it will likely not make
into the UI for 3.0. 

Jeff

Peter Kriens <Peter.Kriens@xxxxxxxx>
Sent by: equinox-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx

02/11/2004 02:11 AM

Please respond to
pkriens

To	Jeff McAffer/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
cc	equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject	Re: [equinox-dev] uninstalling plugins

Ai! I knew it was going to be hard, but it kind of pulls the rug out
of the dynamic plugins ...

I hope this will be supported in future releases?

Kind regards,

    Peter Kriens


JM> Just wanted to let people know thatthe UI team feels it is
JM> unlikely they will be able to make the UI fullydynamic aware for
JM> 3.0.  In particular, they likely will not be ableto correctly
JM> handle plugins (extensions) going away.  They expectaddition
to be
JM> fully supported.

JM> Jeff


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