[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Third-party JARs in a separate plugin

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In some cases the 3rd party jar license requires the ability for users 
to be able to swap it out, which is doable if 3rd party jars are all 
turned into separate 3rd party plugins.

There's also the growth aspect to consider.  If the product ever goes 
from one massive plugin to several plugins (some UI, some core, some 
library) then it might also be reasonable to assume that some of the 3rd 
party libraries might need to be updated (and/or patched) separately.

I'm sure there are many other reasons.

PW


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