[development] 4.8/5.0: Modules, the install system, and directories

[Morbus Iff]

>> Well, in my head, having the possibility to move help into the meta 
>> files is required. Otherwise, we *will* have file spewage in the 
>> future ("shit, we used ini and we can't move help into there? Um. So, 
>> let's make a .help file! whee!"). I'm against file spewage: I'd really 
>> only like to see .install, .inc, .module, and .meta (or some such).
> 
> Considering how the help hook currently works, can you think of a way 
> not to have all help hooks loaded all the time to be able to run the 
> help system.

Can I think of a way *right now*, on the spot? No. Do I know that there 
have been various desires to do so? Yes. Do I know that there is a 
belief that moving the help out of there will improve performance? Yes. 
Do I know that there's a desire to make handbook editing map sync more 
closely to module help editing? Yes. Do I want file spewage because we 
didn't make the "right" and "most flexible" decision? Absolutely not.

Do I want the ability to move help into our meta info file? Yes. Am I 
thinking about that right now? Yes. Ignoring the technical limitations 
of moving help outside of .modules in general, do I believe that .ini 
files can satisfy the help desire? No. Do I see the move from .sql files 
to .install files being indicative of a future possibility with the 
non-logical .ini files? Yes. Do I want to make the same mistake? No.

Help does not need to be there on node/13. No help has ever been 
displayed on that page. But, a lot of help text is actually loaded in 
memory on that page load. Should it? Not at all.

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