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Feature Request - Install packages to later installed themes...
Kindred:
MoreBloodWine,
Whatever the tone might have been, I thought that my post was extremely clear.
2.0 is feature fixed. There will be NO MORE FEATURES added to 2.0.
The only work happening on 2.0 is bug fixes so that we can get RC4 released, tested and get 2.0 gold out.
2.0 is *NOT* the "next" release. 2.0 is the current release that is currently in RC mode.
And, to answer your question... it is unlikely. Your request is much more complicated than you seem to think; to edit the template files on a new theme for previously installed mods would create a nightmare of "bookkeeping" for the mods... So, if you install a theme later, then you will have to manually apply mods. It's the nature of the beast.
...and language strings? Most themes don't use the modifications.[language].php.... so it falls to the default, which should be modded. So, your explanation of why you think you need this seems rather bizarre to me.
N. N.:
Actually I've seen this feature quite requested (and very needed) in Support boards.
IMHO however, it remains to be seen how much interest there is in adding it in future 2.x versions (post 2.0) - seeing that it may indeed be not so straightforward to implement.
live627:
You'll be wasting your time...
I know this can be done, but it'll be ugly, hackish, and the return on investment will be too little to warrant such a feature. But if you really want to go forward with this in the future, I can't stop you.
An idea related to this that is vastly better and damn the torpedoes: Explicitly enforce new mods to avoid theme edits like the plague. Sure it'll be a challenge, but the reward is great thereof.
N. N.:
"Hackish"? Allow me to doubt that. If it is to be considered, it will not be done in any "hackish" way.
"Return on investment"? Ask the Support team and helpers from the community.
MoreBloodWine:
Thing is, if you need to install a mod to a new theme you have to uninstall and reinstall for the language strings or whatever. Ok sure you could copy them out of the file and hand edit em in but thats just a PIA if you have liek 20 soemthing mods.
Either way I guess I'll end this here given time past and what seems to be a big disinterest. Just thought I'd throw 2 more cents in.
Edit: If interest somehow gets peaked I'll be back.
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