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# developmentc
curved-television-6568
02/08/2022, 8:22 PMFrom https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/14348#issuecomment-1032997110
I was rather intrigued. Question is: is the explorer UI a feature worthy of being so central as to let pantsd run the server for it?
curved-television-6568
02/08/2022, 8:23 PMAnd if so, are there any pointers as to where/how that could be achieved?
curved-television-6568
02/08/2022, 8:24 PMWant to raise this question now, so we can resolve it, if possible, to help direct further work.. 😉
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wide-midnight-78598
02/09/2022, 12:39 AMJust my 2c, wouldn't it be better as a plugin? In the same way that (for example) Webpack can import modules/plugins which add introspection capabilities?
Unless it'll be used all the time, I feel like it should naturally be additive functionality.
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curved-television-6568
02/09/2022, 6:23 AMMost of it will be disabled by default, enabled by backend/plugin or so (not finalized).
curved-television-6568
02/09/2022, 6:24 AMThe part running the server must be core currently though, due to technicalities I've not managed to work around.
curved-television-6568
02/09/2022, 6:24 AMMy goal is to not add any extra dependencies unless enabled
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wide-midnight-78598
02/09/2022, 5:09 PMAh, okay, that makes more sense