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Re[2]: [equinox-dev] uninstalling plugins
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Is there a way for a plugin to remove its registered extension
points and remove the references to the plugin views from Eclipse?
Kind regards,
Peter Kriens
PM> Just want to confirm that the facilitiesfor dynamic
PM> removal/updates will be there but that the UI can't use them. If
PM> we have our own plugins/features that don't contribute to theUI
PM> then the dynamic update/removal will be supported for those? The
PM> usecase is an RCP application that has some non-ui plugins I'd
PM> liketo be able to update the non-ui plugins without a restart. I
PM> am using theupdate manager api's to apply the updates.
PM> Thanks,
PM> -----------------------------------
PM> Peter Manahan
PM> IBM Rational Tools
PM> Common Install
PM> ------------------------------------
PM> manahan@xxxxxxxxxx
PM> Jeff McAffer/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
PM> Sent by: equinox-dev-admin@eclipse.org11/02/2004 08:44 AM
PM> To
PM> equinox-dev@eclipse.orgcc
PM> Subject
PM> Re: [equinox-dev] uninstallingplugins
PM> It is not quite as bad as it seems. The main usecase we have
PM> seenfor dynamic plugins is dynamic addition. This is/will be
PM> handledcorrectly. The dynamic removal/update cases are very real
PM> but somewhatmore rare. We fully intend to do that but it will
PM> likely not makeinto the UI for 3.0.
PM> Jeff
PM> Peter Kriens <Peter.Kriens@xxxxxxxx>
PM> Sent by: equinox-dev-admin@eclipse.org02/11/2004 02:11 AM
PM> Please respond to
PM> pkriens
PM> To
PM> Jeff McAffer/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCAcc
PM> equinox-dev@eclipse.orgSubject
PM> Re: [equinox-dev] uninstallingplugins
PM> Ai! I knew it was going to be hard, but it kind of pulls the rug out
PM> of the dynamic plugins ...
PM> I hope this will be supported in future releases?
PM> Kind regards,
PM> 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 expectadditionto be
JM>> fully supported.
JM>> Jeff
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