[eclipse-dev] Plugin Manifest and API Rules

["Gunnar Wagenknecht" <g.wagenknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why can't we turn this upside down?

By default, Eclipse should encourage everybody to follow the API rules.
If, however, someone decides "I don't care about, let me import the
internal packages from plug-in X" then Eclipse should honor his decision.
That would solve all problems.

I don't know the OSGi spec and the limitations but I think it's always a
better solution to adapt to clients and client process instead of forcing
clients into your world.

So, every SDK plugin exports only its API. Plugins, which know they are
using non-API from plugin ABC, can state this in their manifest and the
runtime will give it to them.

Cu, Gunnar

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Gunnar Wagenknecht
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