Why was scaffolding depreciated?

[eluser]robnecciai[/eluser]
It's not a real big deal but, I was just wondering why scaffolding was depreciated. It seems like a very convenient feature to have in the framework.

[eluser]pickupman[/eluser]
It seems like the devs didn't feel like it was the job of a framework for this type of feature. I am sure a number of people were already using some type of gui tool for the database stuff. I used scaffolding once and it was handy. It just seems just as natural to being using a tool I already have open.

[eluser]pbreit[/eluser]
Yeah, I can see how it is kind of cool but maybe not core to the framework. I'm also wondering if it's a bit risky form a security perspective? I'm sure it can be locked down but it's probably more comforting just to not have it at all.

Could something like scaffolding be delivered as an add-on?

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
I think it's save to assume that the majority of developers have PHPmyAdmin handy, which does a much better job. I don't think that this kind of functionality should be part of the framework, it should be part of your development toolkit (for whatever db you're using).

[eluser]pickupman[/eluser]
I agree. I think you find those in the community that still want this feature, will get it up in the wiki. That's what so strong with CI is the active members.

[eluser]Mat-Moo[/eluser]
Never really knew the point of scaffolding, always used phpmyadmin myself.