Where to specify <dependencySupport> extension in split-mode?

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Hi,

I’'ve started to migrate a plugin to split-mode and I’m starting with the simple <dependencySupport> extension which my plugin has 2 defined inside <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij"> in the plugin.xml.

The Modular Plugins documentation states that <extensions> tags

must be located in the module descriptor files where the referenced classes are defined

However, I see that <dependencySupport> extensions are defined in plugin.xmls in various bundled or platform plugins like Git4Idea or VueJs which are already split.

In my view, <dependencySupport> is not related to registering plugin classes, so the documentation might still allow them to be registered in the plugin.xml.

My questions:

  • Is there any verification on the Marketplace side that would prevent publishing a third-party plugin with such registrations, and if not, could the documentation be extended with potential exceptions to those rules?
  • If dependencySupport is in fact not allowed in the plugin.xml, what would be the appropriate place to register them? (backend, frontend or shared)

Thank you!

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Please declare it in the main plugin.xml, as it is plugin metadata

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We only approve any usages case by case, and the only allowed use at the moment is for vendors of a technology

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Thanks @yuriy.artamonov!