The Gradle vs maven thing is wrong. Hpi is just a legacy extension, the files will be renamed to .jpi as you mentioned. There really is not a difference.
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 15:09 Parichay Barpanda <[email protected]> wrote: > How are *.hpi and *.jpi plugins different? > > For example, when I install github-branch-source-plugin from my Jenkins > instance, it installs *.jpi plugin (that is what i find under > /var/jenkins_home/plugins). And when I clone the source code of the same > plugin and I run 'mvn install', I get a *.hpi plugin generated. > > A quick search a found 3 relevant points: > > One mailing list discussion says - "When you start up any Jenkins after > something like 1.5xx then it will automatically rename all .hpi files to > .jpi " > > Another says - "Jenkins core 1.449 won't allow installing hpi plugins > anymore" > > One stackoverflow answer says - "In terms of technology, the jpi plugins > are generated using the gradle plugin architecture and hpi plugins are > generated with the Maven architecture" > > Can someone shed some light on this? Which of the above theories is > acceptable? > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f49e8614-70d8-4fa2-973a-20181d43c14d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f49e8614-70d8-4fa2-973a-20181d43c14d%40googlegroups.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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVcjo0UusXQ4v_143w1sp55ENhYwVszu-NznUuQu5S1nkQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
