Control panel module system

[david63]

I know I am probably jumping the gun a bit here but are there any plans on how extensions will be migrated?

[mrgoldy]

I mean, not automatically but it shouldn’t be too much work.
It’s a major new release, they have to do some changes.
Data from acp_info should be translated to the new parameters. And main_module should become a regular controller, which most extensions already do anyway.

But this is not really I want this topic to be headed. It still needs some work and I would like some more details on that.

[mrgoldy]

So, the questions I still have, for which I need answers/verification:

- Remove the module installation: \phpbb\install\module\install_data\task\add_modules
- Remove the modules table in a new migration
- Remove the database migration tool for modules: \phpbb\db\migration\tool\module
- Remove the adm/style/acp_modules.html template file
- Remove anything related to modules throughout the code
- Remove everything from includes/*cp/*
- Deprecate all module related language strings

Main questions would be:
- Should I deprecate or remove language strings?
- Should I remove or leave a blank for the migration tool, for extension migrations?

All old migrations related to modules in the core should remain, I suppose?
As we are not supposed to touch old migrations, right?

[rxu]

- Remove the module installation: \phpbb\install\module\install_data\task\add_modules

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But the issue here can be that add_modules seems to be needed to complete migrations (see below). Probably it should be replaced with a "dummy" task which don't actually install modules in the meantime but just prevent migrations from erroring (then removing modules tool should implement something similar - not actual removing but prevent migrations error).

- Remove the modules table in a new migration

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- Remove the database migration tool for modules: \phpbb\db\migration\tool\module

This tool will be probably needed to complete 3.xx migrations during installation as well as in converting 2.x/3.x scenarios, so it's rather needed to be kept.

- Remove the adm/style/acp_modules.html template file

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- Remove anything related to modules throughout the code

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- Remove everything from includes/*cp/*

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- Deprecate all module related language strings

Or just remove them as no interface should be needed regarding modules.