RE: [FR-devel] Plugin dependencies proposal

[Curt Hibbs]

Laurent Julliard wrote:
> Curt asked how Eclipse is handling this. Well the answer is: it is as
> basic as one can think. The plugin.xml file allows one to specify a
> <require> statement which actually means that you want the required
> plugins to be started before you actually start yours. There isn't any
> notion of 'loaded' state. Just 'Running' (= Started)
>
> For your information the Eclipse documentation dealing with this is at
>
>
http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/html/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.i
sv/doc/reference/misc/rplugman.html
>
> The relevant section is pasted below:
[snip]

If that's sufficient for them (Eclipse), then it should be good enough for
us. After all, they have a production system that is already in release 2.
If having only one phase hasn't been a problem for them yet, then it should
be sufficient for us.

Curt