DevKit and version handling !?

since-build is only used by plugin manager to download most suitable plugin
version currently. IDEA does not check that.

I'm puzzled by the DevKit plugin behaviour:

I modified a plugin.xml version setting to
<idea-version since-build="3177" />
Problem: if I compile this plugin, with 3144, I can launch it with the
DevKit plugin, and it works fine.

Q1/ How come?
Am I missing something. If not, it's a bug.
Q2/
If I publish it into the repository, will this still be a problem?
(i.e. is a build 3144 IDEA able to install this plugin, despite the
since limitation.
Alain

Is planned to add this check into IDEA plugin loading?

TIA,
Dmitry

That's quite easy indeed. On other hand how the plugin designated to a higher
version could appear in minor one?

Is planned to add this check into IDEA plugin loading?

TIA,
Dmitry

Maxim

..how the plugin designated to a higher version could appear in minor
one?

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IDEA should give a warning, and not load the plugin.



Alain

>Is planned to add this check into IDEA plugin loading?
>

>

posted:
"DevKit: doesn't check plugin.xml version info against the IDEA SDK
version "
http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=42056

Alain

Hi Maxim,
API can be not compatible with earlier versions as and older ones.

TIA,
Dmitry