One of the other advantages of using this is that Moodle's codechecker automatically ignores any files included in the location specificed in the thirdpartylibs.xml file.
Please note - this is typically a blocker for new plugins submission to the plugins db so it would be really good to get fixed! :-)
When including an external library in your plugin, you must include a thirdpartylibs.xml file that includes the name, location and license of the library. More information on this is here: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Plugin_files#thirdpartylibs.xml And here: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Plugin_with_third_party_libraries
One of the other advantages of using this is that Moodle's codechecker automatically ignores any files included in the location specificed in the thirdpartylibs.xml file.
Please note - this is typically a blocker for new plugins submission to the plugins db so it would be really good to get fixed! :-)