modules question

Hannes Hirzel hirzel at spw.unizh.ch
Mon Dec 20 12:42:16 UTC 2004


Michael van der Gulik wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I've been reading about modules lately. They were scrapped back in 3.3 
> alpha.
> 
> Why? They seem like the right way to do things, even though it wasn't 
> the simplest way. 

The actual implementation together with the expectations of the 
community finally didn't fit.

The current approach is more modest but is feasable and even some kind 
of module concept can be reconsidered in one or two years time.

> Why was the decision made to scrap modules and what 
> incidents (/personalities?) lead up to that decision? None of that 
> appears to be on the wiki anywhere.

But in the mailing list.


HJH




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