Matchbox RC2

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
[quote author="esra" date="1196992730"]Generally, I think config file options with preset defaults are a good compromise for most of your arguments.[/quote]

hi esra,

actually, my main argument was keep it simple!

your needs are clearly different from a large portion of the CI world - you are one of the boundary pushers.
by all appearances you have some awesome coding and architecture chops. i respect that, but it also makes you a generally non-representative sample.

the points you raised do not satisfy this issue: there is no problem for this solution. imho, all this is solving (WRT non-CI external libs) is lessening the code footprint at the expense of simplicity.

i understand that modules will break as CI itself grows - that's why there's a CI constant CI_VERSION. and that is the responsibility of the module dev to check that const and keep the module up to date. however, my points were responding to the post about modules "sharing" external libraries.

i think that allowing module developers to set up (even config-driven, optional) dependencies is an awful idea because it actually *breaks* modular separation. think about that for a minute.