[development] lucid menu & aggregation

[Gabor Hojtsy]

Ashraf Amayreh wrote:
>> It is trivial to make an update to do this and retain the schema
>> versions. This is exactly what the update system was designed for.
> 
>> If you want to do it properly, you should keep as much existing data
>> as is reasonable.
> 
> I really hope it is very clear that I did not want to worry about
> anything pertaining to aggregator2. It's data included. Using its own
> update file and building on it would be doing that.
> 
> I could however provide an option for migrating aggregator2 data to
> the Aggregation module, would be quite interesting really. Also, if I
> used the aggregation2's update file as a base, what would my next
> update hook do? It would drop the aggregator2 tables and create mine.
> Just think of what an aggregator2 user would do if he mistakingly
> downloaded my module and ran the upgrade script! (yes, users do ignore
> regulations, I've had a number of PHP 4 users install my module
> although the project page bluntly says not to). Some things are so
> messy they're better off left alone. If there's a remote risk that
> data will be lost because I'm using the aggregator2 name, why even
> risk it? Which reminds me...

People downloading a new release of aggeragtor2 will expect that it 
messes with their aggregator2 data. They are instructed to take backups 
on updates.

Gabor