[development] 3rd party sites/all/plugins

[Daniel F. Kudwien]

Hi Simon,

Separate location for editor libraries
http://drupal.org/node/320562

investigates exactly this issue.  Of course, that is closely tied to Wysiwyg
API - but from all contrib modules out there, I assume that Wysiwyg API is
the one that needs this most.

Let's discuss on-issue.

sun

> -----Original Message-----
> From: development-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:development-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Simon Hobbs
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:24 AM
> To: development at drupal.org
> Subject: [development] 3rd party sites/all/plugins
> 
> Hiya
> 
> Is there best practice for 3rd party plugins?
> 
> Recently a tiny site was upgraded, the fckeditor module was 
> updated but the dev didn't re-add fckeditor. The owner didn't 
> notice for ages and eventually I have to work backwards 
> through backups to make sure I get the right (possibly 
> customized) package.
> 
> So I've started creating a sites/all/plugins folder for all 
> the fckeditors / swfobject / jqueryplugins / pdfwriters / etc 
> that I need for a job. I then use symlinks, so in the 
> scramble the fix is simple.
> 
> It's nice too I can put different versions of tools side by 
> side, and the symlink just points to the desired one.
> 
> In theory it would be great if modules expected a plugin folder.
> 
> For non-professionals we put them under duress with install 
> instructions that tell them to clutter their modules with 
> plugins, making upgrades harder for them, and I think we send 
> the message that altering modules is ok.
> 
> Thoughts or guidance?
> 
> Thanks
> Simon Hobbs / sime
>