Processing toolbox does not mention when deactivated provider would return a result for the performed search

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Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)
Original Redmine Issue: 18546
Affected QGIS version: 3.1(master)
Redmine category:processing/gui
Assignee: Victor Olaya

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QGIS documentation states at https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/processing/toolbox.html: ??If there are algorithms that match your search but belong to a provider that is not active, an additional label will be shown in the lower part of the toolbox??

This is true in 2.18 but not in 3.x. In attached screenshot, GRASS is disabled in right panel, but despite it should return results, no mention.

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• processingSearch.PNG (Harrissou Santanna)

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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This is fallout from 9ab4d96, which fixes #26376

The two fixes are mutually exclusive.

My personal preference is to have #26376 fixed instead of this (due to performance reasons -- loading saga/grass providers is very slow and delays qgis startup considerably)

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Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)

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So I guess it's a "won't fix", right? (need to know whether I should remove those statements from the docs or wait and expect a fix that speeds providers loading and show link to missing algs...)

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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• resolution was changed from to wontfix
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed