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Bug 103461 - Filter out modules which cannot be successfully installed
Summary: Filter out modules which cannot be successfully installed
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Autoupdate (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P1 blocker with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Jiri Rechtacek
URL:
Keywords:
: 104488 107894 119995 135390 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 101015 102289
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Reported: 2007-05-07 22:39 UTC by Antonin Nebuzelsky
Modified: 2008-10-16 18:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Antonin Nebuzelsky 2007-05-07 22:39:45 UTC 
Modules which are available for download but their dependencies cannot be
satisfied with the current set of installed plus available stuff, should be
offered to the user.

Currently, when various add-on technologies want to publish extension modules or
update modules for their functionality, they either publish them on the regular
update center but the user cannot successfully install them, or they introduce
their own update center which is registered in the IDE only if the technology is
installed. This workaround is not a good solution for future.
Comment 1 Jiri Rechtacek 2007-07-13 14:27:39 UTC 
*** Issue 107894 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 2 Jiri Kovalsky 2007-07-13 14:31:04 UTC 
I wholeheartedly support this enhancement request. If it's too late now for adding some UI for filtering out plugins
that don't satisfy their dependencies I suggest to simply disable their entries so that users can't check their
checkboxes. If user hovers above such module with mouse, the tooltip should give a hint: "This module does not satisfy
required dependecies and thus can't be installed.". Until this feature is implemented in NetBeans 6.0 we can't turn on
the Community Contributed Features Update Center that will contain all plugins from Plugin Portal.
Comment 3 Jiri Rechtacek 2007-07-13 14:40:02 UTC 
Ad Plugin Portal: I'm afraid of dependencies are enough in this case. Some plugins on PP can fit all dependencies (but,
in reality, the important dependencies are nor declared) but after all cannot by loaded by NB6 module system. So, impl
of this can help but doesn't solve all problems with plugins on Plugin Portal.
Comment 4 Jiri Rechtacek 2007-10-24 12:01:57 UTC 
*** Issue 104488 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 Lukas Hasik 2008-04-10 21:30:03 UTC 
moving opened issues from TM <= 6.1 to TM=Dev
Comment 6 Jiri Rechtacek 2008-10-16 16:26:37 UTC 
I think is not feasible because performance. Determination plugin with broken dependencies will slow down showing Plugin
Manager.
Comment 7 Jiri Rechtacek 2008-10-16 16:54:02 UTC 
*** Issue 135390 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 8 Jiri Rechtacek 2008-10-16 18:04:54 UTC 
*** Issue 119995 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***