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0010005ParaViewFeaturepublic2009-12-07 14:292010-03-03 21:49
ReporterUtkarsh Ayachit 
Assigned ToUtkarsh Ayachit 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
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Target Version3.8Fixed in Version3.8 
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Summary0010005: .pv-plugin-config (or something similar) to tell ParaView the list of distributed plugins
DescriptionIn line with .qt-config which tells Qt the plugins to load, we should have a .pvpluginconfig that is placed next the paraview executable that lists the distributed plugins (identified by names, not paths) and their default auto-load status (loaded/not-loaded). Of course, the user can override this auto-load status from the GUI.

When the client connects to a server, the client pushes its .pvpluginconfig list to the server. The server tries to find those plugins by name in some standard locations:
* some environment variable
* ${HOME}/.config/ParaView/plugins
* /etc/share/config/ParaView
etc.

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related to 0010006closed Kitware Robot Client fetches plugin config from server 
related to 0009671closed Utkarsh Ayachit Plugin Manager should list plugins compiled/distributed with ParaView 
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2009-12-07 14:29Utkarsh AyachitNew Issue
2009-12-07 14:30Utkarsh AyachitRelationship addedrelated to 0010006
2009-12-09 09:48Utkarsh AyachitRelationship addedrelated to 0009671
2010-01-04 15:49Utkarsh AyachitNote Added: 0019026
2010-01-04 15:49Utkarsh AyachitStatusbacklog => @80@
2010-01-04 15:49Utkarsh AyachitFixed in Version => 3.8
2010-01-04 15:49Utkarsh AyachitResolutionopen => fixed
2010-01-04 15:49Utkarsh AyachitAssigned To => Utkarsh Ayachit
2010-03-03 21:49Alan ScottNote Added: 0019706
2010-03-03 21:49Alan ScottStatus@80@ => closed
2011-06-16 13:10Zack GalbreathCategoryFeature Request => Feature

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(0019026)
Utkarsh Ayachit   
2010-01-04 15:49   
Added a .plugins file right next to the ParaView binary (on mac installed bundles it's searched in the ParaView.app/Support).
Right now, skipping the option to search for this file from different locations until there's a need for this. It's currently only meant to be used for distributed plugins.
(0019706)
Alan Scott   
2010-03-03 21:49   
Wow, very nice.

Tested local server, Linux, trunk.