> 2012/1/3 Michael Scherer <m...@zarb.org>: [...] >> I was more thinking of proper patchs or better, proper modules, with >> files to deploy in a well know directory . > > I only gave a part of an example. MODs are made as enhancement to the > standard software. The easiest MOD is like Michael wrote: "a module > with files to deploy in a well known directory". But in most cases > they consist of files to copy into various directories of the program > tree and changes to existing files of the software. There are other > MODs which can be implemented automatically - which is far worse IMHO. > This is where a modded phpBB3 could turn into a nightmare to maintain > - believe me, I've been there :(
/o\ > Of course no developper of a MOD could know what somebody has already > done to the standard files, so it's not possible do use only patches. > And it could be (and that happens quite often) that a MOD is not > compatible to your already "modificated" forum software (destroys > other modifications or whatever). > > IMHO the best way in this case here would be a mod written for our > setup, all changes well defined to make it maintainable in a proper > way. Saying this I beg to think again whether the issue justifies all > the time and work. +1