[development] The scripts/ directory

[Khalid B]

I agree that removing  them from  the distribution is the better solution.

Just pointing out to a recurring discussion that helps in similar cases.

On 3/5/06, Gabor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:
> It is not a good way to misdirect this discussion to recite some larger
> scope discussions IMHO. Those scripts have nothing to do in the Drupal
> distro nowadays, regardless of where are they.
>
> Goba
>
> Khalid B wrote:
> > This is another case that can be solved by reorganizing the directory
> > structure. If scripts are outside DocumentRoot, and under a devel
> > directory, then there are no issues.
> >
> > Here are links to previous discussions
> > http://lists.drupal.org/archives/development/2005-05/msg00332.html
> > http://lists.drupal.org/archives/development/2006-01/msg00076.html
> >
> > The same cause for CHANGELOG.txt, update.php, and many
> > other  things.
> >
> > On 3/5/06, Gabor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:
> >
> >>+1, but I thought this was already discussed and decided :)
> >>
> >>Goba
> >>
> >>Bèr Kessels wrote:
> >>
> >>>Op zondag 5 maart 2006 19:54, schreef Morbus Iff:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Because there is little harm in doing so - the
> >>>>.htaccess file prevents remote access to them.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I can think of a gazillion things that we could ship and prevent access to
> >>>with .htaccess :) The fact that we can hide it, is not the reason for
> >>>shipping them.
> >>>
> >>>In the past, Drupal was very developers aimed. Simply bacause all users were
> >>>developers. At that time it was usefull to ship with some handy developers
> >>>tools.
> >>>
> >>>Now that we have better tools available, and more diverse, the only reason,
> >>>AFAIK is because no-one stood up and really made an effort for removing them.
> >>>Its far easier to simply whip with themp, then to go trough all the hassle of
> >>>getting them out. So, I would say, its mostly 'lack of interestest' (call it
> >>>lack of itch) that is reason for keeping them there.
> >>>
> >>>And also: everyone who can use these tools, can find them in contrib too,
> >>>people being able to run a code style script (let alone know the meaning/use
> >>>of it) know how to find Cool Stuff in contribs etc.
> >>>
> >>>Bèr
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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