Why we use the MOD Template
July 23rd, 2005, 10:47 am
While browsing a message board, I came across a couple of posts about the phpBB MOD Template. The person who said these things obviously has never worked with a userbase as large and with a skill range as wide as phpBB’s.
the developers of phpBB are obviously Windows noobs - else their promotion of that MODs (diff for idiots) couldn’t be explained
The MOD Template isn’t for us to use, it is for the users. I’ll explain more further down.
I should probably be amused by phpBBs so called “MODs”. But really, I couldn’t imagine why anybody would want to hand-patch a portal script, if a patch is so much easier to apply - and it was quite irritating to see them recommend this stange MOD scheme over and over again.
We have the MOD Template so that the “Windows n00bs” can install MODs. These users, as you know, don’t understand diff files and how to apply patches. We provide and require users to use the MOD Template because of this. This template makes it easy to read and understand how to install a MOD which anyone can do.
I, personally, would not like to provide support on how to apply patches and how to read diff files. That would be a nightmare.
By Sascha Carlin on August 17th, 2005 at 2:14 am
Agreed. But nevertheless it wouldn’t be too bad if MOD authors could ‘officially’ provide a regular patch file for usage by advanced users. Manually applying some huge MODs is a royal PITA.