[platform-ui-dev] Are Platform UI extension dynamic?

[Mickael Istria <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

As I'm working on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=484105 ,I've noticed the DynamicPluginsTestSuite which tests that most extensions in Platform UI can be handled dynamically (by dynamically I mean that the model and features get added-and-usable/removed-and-disabled on bundle resolution/uninstall). However, this TestSuite seem to have been ignored for a while.
I could see that 10 years ago, Kim already implemented what I'm trying to do now: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=96600 . So I'm curious: Are those tests still supposed to work? Are Eclipse UI extensions still dynamic? Have they ever been?
If they used to be dynamic, what was the reason for getting rid of such a nice behavior? I fail at understanding how Platform UI care-takers have allowed those tests to be turned off and this feature abandoned.

Cheers,

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Mickael Istria
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