Item9525: PluginsOrder is not the right place to consistency check the enabled/installed plugins

Currently the check for plugin consistency:

• Enabled but not installed
• Duplicate versions found on path
• Module parameter references the wrong version

is performed as part of the PluginsOrder checker. It would be better to move it into the Plugins section, since that is where many of the errors are configured.

I can't figure any other way to move a checker into this section without adding a dummy setting to anchor the checker. So I have ready to commit:

• Add dummy expert parameter to the Plugins section of Foswiki.spec

+# **BOOLEAN EXPERT**
+# Dummy parameter used to trigger plugin consistency checks.   
+$Foswiki::cfg{PluginConsistency} = $TRUE;

• Create new PluginConsistency.pm checker.

Looking for feedback - any better way to do this?

-- GeorgeClark - 23 Aug 2010

After some IRC discussion, Moving PluginsOrder to the "Enable Plugins" tab - this ties it together better. Also added the plugins enabled in error to the discovered list, so that the issue can be fixed from configure.

-- GeorgeClark - 26 Aug 2010

The missing plugins could be disabled, but the results were not actually saved. Instead of bypassing adding disabled / missing plugins to the Value tree, it still needs to be added so it will be saved. But it can be set to hidden so that it doesn't show up in the UI by default.

-- GeorgeClark - 29 Aug 2010

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