Re: Plugin loading, was Re: [ jEdit-devel ] New Plugin: JasperReportsViewer

[Doug <um...@my...>]

Calvin Yu wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking that maybe non-plugin jar management should be 
> separate from plugin management.  Maybe a solution where the plugins say 
> what jars they need (which they do now), and jEdit downloading them from 
> a central place.  Something like what Maven and JJar does.
> 
> Here are some references.
> 
> http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/maven
> http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jjar
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> Calvin

I was having a similar thought as I saw more and more jars suggested to 
go into the Jakarta plugin.  It would be preferable to not have to 
install all the Jakarta jars if the plugins you're using only need one 
or two of them.