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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/field/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/field/discussion.mdwn index af5bfd6c9..646a5f3f4 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/field/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/field/discussion.mdwn @@ -94,3 +94,18 @@ field-etc branch in git://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/git/smcv/ikiwiki.git (gitweb: --[[smcv]] > Can do for the field plugin (delete one line? Easy.) Will push when I get to a better connection. --[[KathrynAndersen]] + +---- + +Disclaimer: I've only looked at this plugin and ymlfront, not other related +stuff yet. (I quite like ymlfront, so I looked at this as its dependency. :) +I also don't want to annoy you with a lot of design discussion +if your main goal was to write a plugin that did exactly what you wanted. + +My first question is: Why we need another plugin storing metadata +about the page, when we already have the meta plugin? Much of the +complication around the field plugin has to do with it accessing info +belonging to the meta plugin, and generalizing that to be able to access +info stored by other plugins too. (But I don't see any other plugins that +currently store such info). Then too, it raises points of confusion like +smcv's discuission of field author vs meta author above. --[[Joey]] |