Because the dependency information is stored in the update center information. The JSON contains all the dependent plugins for a specific plugin. If you update a plugin, this information is not available.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:54 PM 'George Simpson' via Jenkins Developers < jenkinsci-dev@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Thanks for help understanding the difference. Does anyone know the reason > plugins installed via 'upload' are treated differently? > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 3:15 PM Michael Neale <mne...@cloudbees.com> > wrote: > >> Right - generally I like in hpi:run land until I want it in a "real" >> jenkins, which would be done via an update center or already likely has the >> required dependencies installed (this is why this doesn't come up too much >> I think). >> >> On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 5:29:46 AM UTC+11, Jesse Glick wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Slide <slide...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > The automatic dependency stuff only works if installing via the update >>> > center I believe. >>> >>> Or from `mvn hpi:run` when testing. >>> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-dev/Vf3BaCTiU3E/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/b693b12f-6127-4b68-9631-5ac3af7853c1%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/b693b12f-6127-4b68-9631-5ac3af7853c1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > George Simpson > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPHzc0PbHS%2BmXgQTL8oVbtfgvecB%3DwOR1ms0aVLH8vaoJ%3DwxrQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPHzc0PbHS%2BmXgQTL8oVbtfgvecB%3DwOR1ms0aVLH8vaoJ%3DwxrQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVd6T5VmufdV_7pyrtOyeBqxNQi8isR-JEhKyZ4KEmZKjQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
