BuildConfig vs install-plugin

[Jeff]

I have always used the install-plugin command to install plugins but recently I've noticed that some people prefer declaring their plugins in BuildConfig. Is there an advantage of one approach over another?

[Konstantinos Kostarellis]

Hi Jeff,

in BuildConfig you can specify scopes for the plugins. Also you can specify exclude for transitive plugins/dependencies.

http://grails.org/doc/2.0.x/guide/conf.html#pluginDependencies

Besides that it is the only way to make a plugin-dependency transitive through your own in-place-plugins.

Cheers,

   Kosta

2011/10/28 Jeff <[hidden email]>

I have always used the install-plugin command to install plugins but recently
I've noticed that some people prefer declaring their plugins in BuildConfig.
Is there an advantage of one approach over another?

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[Nick Vaidyanathan]

this is the type of great Q&A that will get asked a lot. Might be worth noticing the differences between the approaches in http://grails.org/doc/2.0.x/guide/plugins.html, or creating a third page that compares/contrasts them and is linked from both.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Konstantinos Kostarellis <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Jeff,

in BuildConfig you can specify scopes for the plugins. Also you can specify exclude for transitive plugins/dependencies.

http://grails.org/doc/2.0.x/guide/conf.html#pluginDependencies

Besides that it is the only way to make a plugin-dependency transitive through your own in-place-plugins.

Cheers,

   Kosta

2011/10/28 Jeff <[hidden email]>

I have always used the install-plugin command to install plugins but recently
I've noticed that some people prefer declaring their plugins in BuildConfig.
Is there an advantage of one approach over another?

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