Documentation/Labs/AutomaticUpdateAndInstallationFramework

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Overview

Use cases:

  • New Slicer version installed locally should be updated with the list of extension previously installed.
  • Self update of Slicer

Terminology

  • ExtensionWizard is a tool to simplify the process of creating and contributing extensions.

Keep track of the installed extensions across version

Current Process

Proposed Changed

Progress

  • Extract list of extensions installed. Look at npm for the format. ToBeDone
  • Extension manager:
    • Update ExtensionManageModel API so that "list" can be processed ToBeDone
    • Update entry "Install Extension from file" to "Install Extensions from file" and support "tar.gz", ".json" ToBeDone

Meta issue:

  • 2779: Mechanism to keep track of the installed extensions across version ToBeDone

Completed

NA


Notes

2016.05.03

  • Serialize what is installed in you current Slicer