From b345a44a0761ef669d22cbc885866e81aaba267f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrien Delorme Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:05:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update init.mdx --- website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx index 14974d337..0be8210fa 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx @@ -68,13 +68,12 @@ Directory](/docs/configure#packer-s-plugin-directory). ### Implicit plugin requirements -When running `packer init`, if Packer logs a warning that tells you to add a -`packer.required_plugin` block to your config file, this is because this plugin -was moved out of the Packer binary and you should consider using that block. -This is part of a set of breaking changes made to decouple Packer releases from -a Plugin release. These suggestion are manually added each time we move a plugin -out of the Packer core. These should happen only starting from version `1.8` of -Packer. +Starting from Version `1.8` many plugins will move out from Packer core. To make +the transition easier we will tag many core plugins as moved out. If one of the +components of a moved out plugin is used in a config file, then it is implied +that this plugin is required. This is part of a set of breaking changes made to +decouple Packer releases from a Plugin release. These suggestion are manually +added each time we move a plugin out of the Packer core. See [Installing Plugins](/docs/plugins#installing-plugins) for more information on how plugin installation works. ## Options