Re: Upgrade to 9.5.1 kept my plugin

[Craig Richards <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good to know, thanks Buck

On Friday, 16 September 2016, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have an RDi install at work and one at home.
> My work install has my home grown plugin .jar file in ../plugins (I
> know, not recommended).  At home, I put it into ../dropins to test out
> the recommendation.  (I had to create that folder).
>
> When I upgraded the work copy from 9.5.0.3 to 9.5.1, my plugin was
> erased from the ../plugins folder (as is typical).  But when I upgraded
> my home copy from 9.5.0.2 to 9.5.1, the upgrade left my plugin in
> ../dropins intact.
>
> So... if you write a plugin, put it in ../dropins and it will survive an
> upgrade.
>
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