.pv-plugin-config (or something similar) to tell ParaView the list of distributed plugins
This issue was created automatically from an original Mantis Issue. Further discussion may take place here.
In line with .qt-config which tells Qt the plugins to load, we should have a .pvpluginconfig that is placed next the paraview executable that lists the distributed plugins (identified by names, not paths) and their default auto-load status (loaded/not-loaded). Of course, the user can override this auto-load status from the GUI.
When the client connects to a server, the client pushes its .pvpluginconfig list to the server. The server tries to find those plugins by name in some standard locations:
- some environment variable
- ${HOME}/.config/ParaView/plugins
- /etc/share/config/ParaView etc.