[MTOS-dev] Proposal: Lose the "extras" dir

[Jay Allen]

I agree with David about using things in the tools directory
constantly, but I agree with Anil in that we could easily download
that separately and more users don't ever touch or need anything in
there.

Jay

On Feb 19, 2008 1:49 PM, David Jacobs <djacobs at apperceptive.com> wrote:
> I think the tools/ directory should stay. We use something in that
> directory 100% of the time.
>
> I don't mind the "extras" directory, but maybe it should be named
> "disabled_plugins" or something like that.
>
>
> On 2/19/08, Anil Dash <anil at sixapart.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks like I inadvertently kicked off the conversation that I had inside my
> > head last night when I made this:
> > http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/whats-in-the-package.html
> >
> >  Here's my feelings: I totally agree about a RealPluginManager being the
> > long-term solution for this problem.
> >
> >  In the short term, what do we say about getting rid of both /extras and
> > /tools from most MT distributions? I feel like those are the perfect kinds
> > of things to be in a "expanded, includes developer tools" distro. The
> > experience of choosing to enable the DOM explorer thing when I install
> > Firefox is wonky, but I get the idea of enabling developer features
> > separately.
> >
> >  There might even be an interesting exercise here for us to go through
> > things like the mt-static folder and see what we are willing to lose.
> >
> >  Anil
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: mtos-dev-bounces at sixapart.com on behalf of Mark Carey
> >  Sent: Tue 2/19/2008 2:09 PM
> >  To: MTOS dev
> >  Subject: Re: [MTOS-dev] Proposal: Lose the "extras" dir
> >
> >  On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Su <hamletcomplex at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > I remember running across something to the effect that more effort would
> > be
> >  > put into making sure that the extras plugins /are/ functional in the
> > future,
> >  > but if so, then why would they not be placed in the regular plugin dir?
> > They
> >  > just seem kind of like afterthoughts here.
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