[Paraview-developers] static build and shared library plugins

[Burlen Loring]

Hi All,

How would you feel about a build option that will allow normal shared 
library based, run time loaded, plugins when PV is built with 
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF?

The reason I'm interested is that static link handling of plugins are 
currently the remaining obstacle to deploying static library based PV at 
NERSC. We need the static library build for performance reasons at the 
same time various users have request plugins. Recent versions of VTK 
supported python and static library build, yay! plugins are the 
remaining issue.

Burlen

for context here's a recap of static build plugin issues, when the 
plugins are baked into the server:

1) upon job startup users are confronted with a complicated pop up 
dialog through which they must then load all of the missing plugins, 
else PV crashes on the first render.

2) some of the plugins change the GUI when loaded

both are confusing for many users