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Bug 136017

Summary:	Visual indication that a plugin is of a commercial kind
Product:	platform	Reporter:	mrmorris <mrmorris>
Component:	Plugin Manager	Assignee:	Jiri Rechtacek <jrechtacek>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker	CC:	jrechtacek
Priority:	P2
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://cocot.dk/nb-plugins.png
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description mrmorris 2008-05-28 17:01:07 UTC

It is impossible to see up-front from the plugin tab in NB, whether a plugin is open source/free as in free beer or
whether it's a commercial component which requires various monetary support in order to be used. A small green $ icon
could be added as an overlay to signal this to the user. Currently one has to consult the information at
plugins.netbeans.org or simply use trial-n-error.

Comment 1 Geertjan Wielenga 2008-06-01 12:31:37 UTC

I think there should be a new property in the Manifest or somewhere else, to specify whether the plugin is commercial or
free. Then, if the plugin is marked as commercial, a dollar sign would appear in the Plugin Manager for that plugin. I
think this is very important because as more and more plugins become available, it becomes increasingly important to be
able to get this kind of information as quickly as possible -- many people would never install a plugin if they knew it
was basically an advert for some commercial product, hence bumping it up to P2.

Comment 2 Geertjan Wielenga 2008-06-01 12:32:27 UTC

CC-ing J Rechtacek, the Plugin Manager engineer.

Comment 3 Petr Chytil 2008-06-17 16:48:11 UTC

Reassigning to plugin manager.

Comment 4 Jiri Rechtacek 2008-10-16 16:55:20 UTC

I think kind of duplicate of issue 145901.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 145901 ***