> Maybe the requirement could be 'All configuration options added by the 
> module must be exposed in the web interface?'   I am having trouble 
> thinking of a use case where a module that adds options would be better 
> off without a human-friendly UI; what sorts of things did you have in mind?
An example off the top of my head would be integrating geoserver with 
another components... say for instance we wanted to bundle up Geonetwork 
as a geoServer extension. (This is hypathetical yes). But it already has 
its own tools and methods for configuration, so i don't see much point 
in redoing it in the GeoServer user interface.

Anyways, I agree that a user interface is important for any extension... 
but not as important as keeping a low entry barrier imho. The last thing 
I want to tell a developer who is willing to spend time to maintain a 
contribution that they have to learn wicket and build a pretty user 
interface before we accept it.
> 
> -d
>> My 2c.
>>
>> -Justin
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