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

[Morbus Iff]

>>>     * misc/drupal.css can get split up into module directories
>>>       so that module-specific CSS (such as aggregator and forums)
>>>       doesn't get downloaded even if the module isn't enabled.
>>>       Also, I think it'll make for cleaner CSS in the long run.
>> While I agree with this in terms of simplifying code organization I
>> think that we would want to consider the number of files sent to the
>> client. Each css file is a http request with the overhead that that
> 
> Yes this could still occur. We would simply include 'modules.php'
> which would be content-type text/css and would be dynamicly generated

For what it's worth, I'm deathly against PHP generated CSS. I'd much 
rather have a gigantic misc/drupal.css than a css.php thing.

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