Mods vs Styles

[Master_Cylinder]

I tried to search but I didn't notice any good hits and this may have been brought up many times before so forgive me if I'm beating a dead horse but...

Is there any way to make the mods and styles more independent so one doesn't break the other?

Some mods rely on a certain style (prosilver usually) and if you change styles the mods don't work or may not install. It would seem that there should be a way to install mods (any mod) and then be able to change styles without breaking things. Perhaps by having the different styles (or mods) call a mod (or style) directory instead of having to write directly to style php or css files? I'm not a programmer nor a web designer so perhaps I'm just imagining an animal that can't exist but it would be nice to be able to easily use any style with any mod.

[Arty]

That's what extensions system in 3.1 is for.

There will still be conflicts between mods and styles because style authors can modify any part of style and there are 2 base styles, but it solves problem of having to edit templates.

[Master_Cylinder]

Nice, I look forward to that update. At least there will be fewer issues with mods/styles...

Thanks for the info!

[Master_Cylinder]

Will that also help with issues related to languages? I just fixed a mod install problem stemming from using US English.

[nickvergessen]

In 3.1 we fall back to english when the file is missing (at least if i remember that one correctly)