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2012-11-01, 19:38:41
I can see why plugin developers say "Keep the core small". It is because they are afraid of losing power over their creations if their plugins become part of the base. That is sad because by handing over the plugin to the community they could then focus on flavoring (for lack of a better term) of the functionality. Example: if a certain gallery script were to become part of the core the person who initially developed it could then focus on building plugins that would actually *extend* it's functionality. This would actually enable them to serve more diverse needs instead of them trying to cram every conceivable option into a single plugin thereby making for an insanely confusing labyrinth of options on a separate plugin page.
There is no reason that anyone should have to install a plugin for internationalization. There are certain things that should simply be considered as a cms version of a common <i>human right</i>. I18N should be core functionality.
Concerning Blogs. They are here to stay. Under the skin they are just a format of content, sure. But, just look around and count the % of non-for-profit websites that use a blog format! It easily approaches 50%. And what are the alternative cms formats for? E-Commerce, artistic endeavors (galleries, photography etc), portals and what else? Apart from building an information only website (basically a folder-view reformat script) which of those proceeding options are more likely to be better served as core? E-Commerce? Do you think most people build sites to sell things? Galleries? Really. How many people do you know with $1,000+ cameras? Portals? Yeah right, keep dreaming. Dream of a team of a dozen+ devs that will allow GS to compete with WP, Drupal or even Txp.
People like GS because it doesn't use SQL. That is it. You can tell from the posts in this forum that they are expecting from it the same things that WP does by default. Trying to reinvent the wheel would be worse than dumb it would be stupid. Beyond that it gives the appearance of the core team being lazy (like: "oh, we'll just let it become a plugin jungle").
Removing the need for SQL is enough of a difference that gives GS the edge needed to make this project worthwhile. Letting it become a plugin hell because 1) some don't want to give up control of their babies and 2) a few devs are lazy bstrds... would be tragic.
Btw, it would be nice to see a template-per-page system. Having only two options 1) sidebar on all pages and 2) sidebar on no pages kind of spells out that at least 50% of the original target market was bloggers
There is no reason that anyone should have to install a plugin for internationalization. There are certain things that should simply be considered as a cms version of a common <i>human right</i>. I18N should be core functionality.
Concerning Blogs. They are here to stay. Under the skin they are just a format of content, sure. But, just look around and count the % of non-for-profit websites that use a blog format! It easily approaches 50%. And what are the alternative cms formats for? E-Commerce, artistic endeavors (galleries, photography etc), portals and what else? Apart from building an information only website (basically a folder-view reformat script) which of those proceeding options are more likely to be better served as core? E-Commerce? Do you think most people build sites to sell things? Galleries? Really. How many people do you know with $1,000+ cameras? Portals? Yeah right, keep dreaming. Dream of a team of a dozen+ devs that will allow GS to compete with WP, Drupal or even Txp.
People like GS because it doesn't use SQL. That is it. You can tell from the posts in this forum that they are expecting from it the same things that WP does by default. Trying to reinvent the wheel would be worse than dumb it would be stupid. Beyond that it gives the appearance of the core team being lazy (like: "oh, we'll just let it become a plugin jungle").
Removing the need for SQL is enough of a difference that gives GS the edge needed to make this project worthwhile. Letting it become a plugin hell because 1) some don't want to give up control of their babies and 2) a few devs are lazy bstrds... would be tragic.
Btw, it would be nice to see a template-per-page system. Having only two options 1) sidebar on all pages and 2) sidebar on no pages kind of spells out that at least 50% of the original target market was bloggers
