[development] let's cleanup /misc

[Chris Johnson]

Khalid B wrote:

> Whatever scheme we chose should address
> 
> a) Clutter in  the DocumentRoot
> 
> b) Security: easier to set file and directory permissions en masse.
> 
> c) Isolation (this is the big one  for me) the separation of :
> 
>  1. Drupal Core files.
>  2. Contributed modules
>  3. Site data files (attachments, images, ...etc.).
> 
> 

Isolation is the big one for me, too.  I need to be able to quickly find core, 
versus add-on/contrib versus data, and be able to make mass copies, backups, 
perm changes, etc. as an admin.  It is error prone to have to find everything 
by hand, one at a time.

..chrisxj