<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Good catch. Sorry.<br><br>Although....What if the containing feature depended on dali? The user wouldn't be able to install it without dali, and the correct plugins would be installed if they did. WDYT?<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/10/2013 07:21 PM, Rob Cernich
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font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">Yep. That's what I was
thinking. As I said, I'm not sure about the upgrade process.
My concern is that once one of the child features is installed,
you may not be able to update at all (i.e. a wtp upgrade would
balk because the e42 plugin isn't compatible). That said, users
probably won't be using the update mechanism when updating the
platform, so you should be good.<br>
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I see a tricky use-case.<br>
From definition of optional feature: "Some included features may be
useful add-ons, but are not vital to the proper
functioning of the overall product. Feature providers can elect to
mark them as <b>optional</b>.
Optional features will only be installed if all their required
features and plug-ins are
available. If not installed right away, optional features can be
added at a later date."<br>
A user that had Kepler but not Dali installed will have none of
those optional features installed. He'll need to install Dali
manually. I don't think users will like to dig for dependencies to
be able to install a feature, it's so pre-p2 !<br>
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