Rename backend-plugin-manager package and make it public

Signed-off-by: David Festal <dfestal@redhat.com>

.changeset/clean-mails-bathe.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service': minor
+---
+
+New `backend-dynamic-feature-service` package, for the discovery of dynamic frontend and backend plugins (and modules) and the loading of the backend ones inside the backend application.

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @backstage/backend-plugin-manager
+# @backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service
 
 ## 0.0.5-next.2
 

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-# @backstage/backend-plugin-manager
+# @backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service
 
-This package adds experimental support for **dynamic backend plugins**, according to the content of the proposal in [RFC 18390](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues/18390)
-
-## Status
-
-**This package is EXPERIMENTAL, and is subject to change according to the discussions and conclusions that happen around the RFC mentioned above.**
+This package adds experimental support for **dynamic backend features (plugins and modules)**, according to the content of the proposal in [RFC 18390](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues/18390)
 
 ## Testing the backend dynamic plugins feature
 
@@ -12,9 +8,9 @@ In order to test the dynamic backend plugins feature provided by this package, e
 
 ## How it works
 
-The backend plugin manager is a service that scans a configured root directory (`dynamicPlugins.rootDirectory` in the app config) for dynamic plugin packages, and loads them dynamically.
+The dynamic plugin manager is a service that scans a configured root directory (`dynamicPlugins.rootDirectory` in the app config) for dynamic plugin packages, and loads them dynamically.
 
-In the `backend-next` application, it can be enabled by adding the `backend-plugin-manager` as a dependency in the `package.json` and the following lines in the `src/index.ts` file:
+In the `backend-next` application, it can be enabled by adding the `backend-dynamic-feature-service` as a dependency in the `package.json` and the following lines in the `src/index.ts` file:
 
 ```ts
 const backend = createBackend();
@@ -36,9 +32,9 @@ Points 2 and 3 can be done by the `export-dynamic-plugin` CLI command used to pe
 
 ### About the `export-dynamic-plugin` command
 
-The `export-dynamic-plugin` CLI command, used the dynamic plugin examples provided in the [showcase repository](https://github.com/janus-idp/dynamic-backend-plugins-showcase), is part of a `@backstage/cli` fork (`@dfatwork-pkgs/backstage-cli@0.22.9-next.6`), and can be used to help packaging the dynamic plugins according to the constraints mentioned above, in order to allow straightforward testing of the dynamic plugins feature.
+The `export-dynamic-plugin` CLI command, used the dynamic plugin examples provided in the [showcase repository](https://github.com/janus-idp/dynamic-backend-plugins-showcase), is part of the `@janus-idp/cli` package, and can be used to help packaging the dynamic plugins according to the constraints mentioned above, in order to allow straightforward testing of the dynamic plugins feature.
 
-However the `backend-plugin-manager` experimental package does **not** depend on the use of this additional CLI command, and in future steps of this backend dynamic plugin work, the use of such a dedicated command might not even be necessary.
+However the `backend-dynamic-feature-service` experimental package does **not** depend on the use of this additional CLI command, and in future steps of this backend dynamic plugin work, the use of such a dedicated command might not even be necessary.
 
 ### About the support of the legacy backend system
 
@@ -49,4 +45,4 @@ This is why the API related to the old backend is already marked as deprecated.
 
 ### Future work
 
-The current implementation of the backend plugin manager is a first step towards the final implementation of the dynamic backend plugins feature, which will be completed / simplified in future steps, as the status of the backstage codebase allows it.
+The current implementation of the dynamic plugin manager is a first step towards the final implementation of the dynamic features loading, which will be completed / simplified in future steps, as the status of the backstage codebase allows it.

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/api-report.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## API Report File for "@backstage/backend-plugin-manager"
+## API Report File for "@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service"
 
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/catalog-info.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: backstage-backend-dynamic-feature-service
+  title: '@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service'
+  description: Backstage backend service to handle dynamic features
+spec:
+  lifecycle: experimental
+  type: backstage-node-library
+  owner: maintainers

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "name": "@backstage/backend-plugin-manager",
-  "description": "Backstage plugin management backend",
-  "version": "0.0.5-next.2",
-  "private": true,
+  "name": "@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service",
+  "description": "Backstage dynamic feature service",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "publishConfig": {

packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service/src/manager/plugin-manager.test.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { PluginScanner } from '../scanner/plugin-scanner';
 import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 import { createMockDirectory } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 
-describe('backend-plugin-manager', () => {
+describe('backend-dynamic-feature-service', () => {
   const mockDir = createMockDirectory();
 
   describe('loadPlugins', () => {

packages/backend-plugin-manager/catalog-info.yaml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Component
-metadata:
-  name: backstage-backend-plugin-manager
-  title: '@backstage/backend-plugin-manager'
-  description: Backstage plugin management backend
-spec:
-  lifecycle: experimental
-  type: backstage-node-library
-  owner: maintainers

yarn.lock

@@ -3344,6 +3344,40 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
+"@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service@workspace:packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@backstage/backend-dynamic-feature-service@workspace:packages/backend-dynamic-feature-service"
+  dependencies:
+    "@backstage/backend-app-api": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/cli-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/cli-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/config-loader": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@types/express": ^4.17.6
+    chokidar: ^3.5.3
+    express: ^4.17.1
+    lodash: ^4.17.21
+    wait-for-expect: ^3.0.2
+    winston: ^3.2.1
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "@backstage/backend-openapi-utils@workspace:^, @backstage/backend-openapi-utils@workspace:packages/backend-openapi-utils":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/backend-openapi-utils@workspace:packages/backend-openapi-utils"
@@ -3380,40 +3414,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@backstage/backend-plugin-manager@workspace:packages/backend-plugin-manager":
-  version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "@backstage/backend-plugin-manager@workspace:packages/backend-plugin-manager"
-  dependencies:
-    "@backstage/backend-app-api": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/cli-common": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/cli-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/config-loader": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
-    "@types/express": ^4.17.6
-    chokidar: ^3.5.3
-    express: ^4.17.1
-    lodash: ^4.17.21
-    wait-for-expect: ^3.0.2
-    winston: ^3.2.1
-  languageName: unknown
-  linkType: soft
-
 "@backstage/backend-tasks@workspace:^, @backstage/backend-tasks@workspace:packages/backend-tasks":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/backend-tasks@workspace:packages/backend-tasks"