Jan Schukat wrote: > Now on reading this again, this sounds more smug and sarcastic than I > intended. Sorry for that. I just tried to point out your self- > admitted irrationality here. Feel free to bash me back :)
Here comes the bashing! :) Actually, I don't want to interpreted as bashing. I welcome the discussion and the opportunity to explain myself. It is obvious that I didn't do a good job of explaining my position to begin with. > 1. you like using easy install more than using a web admin or typing a > config line Partly. The web admin is completely useless for installing plugins. It's semi-functional for enabling/disabling components. However, enabling/disabling plugins usually also means a restart of the server (tracd, apache, whatever), so you're going to be on the command line anyway. I don't like more-than-is-necessary stuff in the webadmin. I'd rather have the option of installing something, than just leaving something disabled. > 3. So you want to use easy_install instead of configuration to enable > or disable features To install features, yes. > To all those objections there is one thing to say: the whole point of > the change was to avoid installation and to be able to configure > optional but common features. And you need to configure most of the > time anyway, so why introduce an additional step? So, the real question is how common the usage is. Personally, I've never used any of the sample plugins. Obviously, I'm not *most people*. However, without any data it's impossible to actually decide whether or not they are commonly used. Closely related, and generally useful? Sure. Commonly used? Don't know. Ideally, I'd like to see the *alternatives* stuff, such as version control backends, database backends, etc. stay in trac proper. Other stuff that is generally useful, I'd like to see in a separate package (regardless of namespace, etc). I'd like to see a super easy way to install (ideally this would be a revamped webadmin), and clear documentation on what we like, things we think are good quality, and clear documentation/explanations of what they do. -John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
