Allowing a snapshot plugin to install on released UGS versions

[JustusRijke]

I’m working on the scaffolding for an UGS plugin (I’ve already had a brief discussion about it here). Packaging it into an installable nbm file works fine, but installing it against a released UGS build (rather than my local 2.0-SNAPSHOT UGS dev version) fails due to missing required plugins:

That makes sense, since my plugin is a snapshot and insists on snapshot-matching dependencies.

My question: how to change the dependencies of my plugin so it will accept for instance versions [2.0,3.0).

Things I tried:

1. Manually update dependency versions in /Info/Info.xml (within the nbm zip): works (plugin installs without a problem), but it's an ugly workaround

2. Set dependency versions in my plugin's POM.xml:

    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.netbeans.utilities</groupId>
      <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <extensions>true</extensions>
      <configuration>
        <nbm>
          <dependencies>
            <dependency>
              <id>com.willwinder.ugs.platform.ugslib</id>
              <type>spec</type>
              <explicitValue>[2.0,3.0)</explicitValue>
            </dependency>
          </dependencies>
        </nbm>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>
   

   This had no effect

3. Added OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: com.willwinder.ugs-platform-ugslib (,3.0.0) to /src/main/nbm/manifest.mf: this had no effect

I’m at a loss for the proper way to specify dependencies so that my snapshot plugin installs cleanly on a released UGS. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

[JustusRijke]

bump :-)

[breiler]

Yep, you will unfortunately have to figure this out yourself.

This is a part of why I don't want do any further development on the platform edition.

[JustusRijke]

Ok that makes sense, thanks. New development will be on the JavaFX variant (ugs-fx), right? Is that codebase mature enough to build plugins for, or better to wait a bit?

[breiler]

I will focus all future development (besides bug fixes) on the JavaFX variant (ugs-fx). There are currently no plans on making a plugin system, all development needs to be made in the ugs-fx project.

What is considered mature is purely subjective. It currently has a much less functionality than the platform variant but is starting to surpass the classic edition. I plan to make the first release once these features are implemented: https://github.com/users/breiler/projects/4