On Feb 12, 2012 5:15 AM, "Arthur Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's actually better completely out from the current extension
> > for a few reasons,
> >
> > * MF1 is currently a cluster extension so all the code needs to be
> > reviewed before deployed
> > * MF1 is already regularly deployed (close to weekly iirc)
> > * John is working on having it [MF2] operate in a completely different
> > method than current [MF1] so it would avoid possible breakage and
> > compatibility issues
> >
>
> I think you make good points here - we definitely understand the logic. A
> lot of the things I think John is planning to address in his new extension
> are things that we also would like to see in the existing MobileFrontend
> extension, so hopefully we will be able to still coordinate and work
> together to minimize duplicated work.
>
>
> > >  However, we feel that naming the rewrite 'MobileFrontend2' is
> > problematic
> > > as users have already started to confuse it with the current
extension.
> >
> > Whom? It's not like it's really advertised anywhere apart from CR and
> > SVN so it shouldn't be causing that many issues at the current stage.
> >
>
> Place a '2' after an existing extension name implies that it is an
> improved, and newer, version of an existing extension. Assuming John will
> be building his extension as something completely different from the
> existing MobileFrontend (like you outlined above), it is inappropriate to
> name it 'MobileFrontend2'. We should work to find an acceptable
alternative
> that makes its functionality clear, and clearly differentiates it from the
> existing MobileFrontend extension.
>

If it wasn't a rewrite I wouldn't of placed a two after. Functionality
wise, this will be a 1:1 replacement, with back end changes only.

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