[development] Counting .info files [Was: Documenting contribs]

[Derek Wright]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 5:23 PM, inkfree press wrote:

> Nope.
>
> I have a folder full of 4.7.x downloaded modules, and that's what I
> searched. I have no idea what's in CVS.  I'm talking about what  
> users get if
> they download a module: only 3 have such a file.

this is obviously wrong.  those 3 .info files (in 4.7.x) are clearly  
a mistake, since the .info files don't mean anything to drupal 4.7.x  
core.  a) the maintainers of those 3 modules didn't know what they  
were doing, and b) you don't understand what you're really looking for.

you need to (as tobias has already done) count the .info files in the  
DRUPAL-5 or HEAD branches of the contrib repository, since those are  
the only places where maintainers *should* add the .info files.

make sense?

cheers,
-derek (dww)