JIRA plugins pre-installed

Sir Be

Why wont JIRA automatically start (after download/purchase) with a bunch of plugins installed?
I'm not refering to those plugins of Atlassian, but those of the marketplace.

There are many plugins which are very good and almost everyone who uses it recommendates it.
So my question is: Why aren't those (extra) plugins not installed by default in JIRA?

Not everyone needs it, yes, but I think most people won't use it (or search for it), if it isn't pre-installed.
I think it will be for a lot of people handy when some plugins are already installed.
And some plugins are so obvious or necessary, I'm wondering why those aren't pre-installed after download? (Or even better, Atlassian makes the features themself, so the plugins are useless.)

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Atlassian only includes their own plugins in their products, and I imagine there are some legal and/or support challenges involved in pulling in 3rd party plugins - you will find most of the marketplace plugins are not theirs, and so they won't be distributed.

There are some plugins Atlassian own that could go in, but I can't think of any that are widely used enough to justify the additional bloat (if only 1/10th of your user base uses plugin X, why inflict it on the other 9/10ths?)

Some plugins are absorbed by Atlassian though. If you want some examples, look at the history of Agile, Service Desk, the "labels" field and the audit functions added to 6.2+

This is exactly why there's a marketplace - so you can add third party plugins when you need them.