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Load plugins from external plugin directory #1756

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overheadhunter opened this issue Aug 17, 2021 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1759
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Load plugins from external plugin directory #1756

overheadhunter opened this issue Aug 17, 2021 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1759
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Please agree to the following

Summary

Installers should make sure that a dedicated plugin directory is being created and included in the classpath

Motivation

Give plugins such as @purejava's keepassxc-cryptomator some place to live

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@overheadhunter overheadhunter added type:feature-request New feature or request misc:installer Affects installer or launcher labels Aug 17, 2021
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Turns out, jpackage doesn't give us the options we need. So instead we need a custom class loader that looks up jars in a configurable dir.

@overheadhunter overheadhunter removed the misc:installer Affects installer or launcher label Aug 24, 2021
@overheadhunter overheadhunter self-assigned this Aug 24, 2021
@overheadhunter overheadhunter added this to the 1.6.0 milestone Aug 24, 2021
@overheadhunter overheadhunter changed the title Launchers should add plugin dir to classpath Load plugins from external plugin directory Aug 24, 2021
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