[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-3587) Uninstalling features from central is misleading if the feature is required in JBDS

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBDS-3587:
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[~jrichter1] If devstudio installs something via the installer, and requires it, you can't uninstall it. If you want to cherry-pick the pieces of devstudio you want to install/uninstall, you should use JBoss Tools. 

I believe the error message comes directly from p2, not from Central, so there's not likely anything we can do here to fix it short of forking p2. 

Can you use Plugin Spy or attach a screenshot to show how this message appears?

> Uninstalling features from central is misleading if the feature is required in JBDS
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBDS-3587
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3587
>             Project: Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio (devstudio)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: central
>    Affects Versions: 9.1.0.Beta2
>            Reporter: Jan Richter
>             Fix For: 11.0.0.GA
>
>
> Since some features are both in default JBDS installation and in central, you can try uninstalling them from central. The uninstall wizard will show a strange cryptic message saying:
> {noformat}"#the selected feature# cannot be fully uninstalled because other installed software requires it. The parts that are not required will be uninstalled".{noformat}
> That basically means nothing gets uninstalled, but it still requires a restart just for good measure.
> The question is - Can it either be more clear that you can't just uninstall those features using central, or just allow it?



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