The existing plugins that depend on the config file provider plugin
have a wide range of Jenkins minimum versions. As far as I can tell,
increasing the Jenkins minimum required version from 2.361.4 to 2.387.3
will not create a problem for most users of the plugin.
Users that are running recent versions of the plugin are already using
Jenkins 2.387.3 or newer.
Users that are running much older versions are not upgrading the plugin
version so won't be affected by an increase of minimum Jenkins version
because they probably won't install the new plugin release.
https://stats.jenkins.io/pluginversions/config-file-provider.html shows
* 34% of all installations of the config file provider plugin are already
running Jenkins 2.387.3 or newer. Those users will be able to upgade
to the version that requires Jenkins 2.387.3 without changing their
Jenkins core version
* 94% of the 11900 installations of the most recent release (953.xxx)
are already running Jenkins 2.387.3 or newer.
* 93% of the 11700 installations of the next most recent release (952.xxx)
are already running Jenkins 2.387.3 or newer.
Plugins that depend on the config file provider plugin include:
* Artifactory - requires 2.235.5 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer
* Ivy - requires 2.361.4 or newer, with open security vulnerability and
up for adoption
* JClouds - requires 2.332.1 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer
* Managed Scripts - requires 2.319.3 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer
* NodeJS - already requires 2.387.3 or newer
* OpenStack Cloud 0 requires 2.289.1 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer
* Pipeline Dependency Walker - requires 1.642.4 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer
* Pipeline Maven Integration - requires 2.361.4 or newer
* Pipeline NPM Integration - already requires 2.387.3 or newer
* Pipeline: Multibranch with defaults - requires Jenkin 2.130 or newer, no additional problems when
requiring 2.387.3 or newer