Exporting the "related items" functions to an extension

[Seif Lotfy]

I think we should export the "related items" functionality to an extension for now. This is due the unity release and we should keep everything slim and trim. It will allow us to experiment more while not messing with the main API. It will give us some new grounds for testing different algorithms. The question is should be a main extension like blacklist OR a community extension.
DEBATE

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

My take would be: ship something (what we have now?) by default, try
new stuff as extensions, if some extension is better than the default
(considering the quality/resources usage ratio) make it the new
default in a future version.

[Seif Lotfy (seif)]

I would like to bring this issue to Mikkel and Markus's attention....
DING DING DING

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

There's also the option I suggested on IRC which is, in addition to keeping it like it is, making it possible for extensions to take over the FindRelated functionality replacing it with their own algorithm.

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

I'm with Siegfried here... But Siegfried - can't we already do what you say in comment #3, by using some evil setattr(engine, method, new_method) tricks in the extension?

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

2010/7/20 Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <email address hidden>:
> But Siegfried - can't we already do what you
> say in comment #3, by using some evil setattr(engine, method,
> new_method) tricks in the extension?

True. So can this bug be closed?

[Seif Lotfy (seif)]

You can close it for now but I still think we should export it... I did not
understand mikkels opinion on it.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Siegfried Gevatter <email address hidden>wrote:

> 2010/7/20 Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <email address hidden>:
> > But Siegfried - can't we already do what you
> > say in comment #3, by using some evil setattr(engine, method,
> > new_method) tricks in the extension?
>
> True. So can this bug be closed?
>
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> Exporting the "related items" functions to an extension
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> I think we should export the "related items" functionality to an extension
> for now. This is due the unity release and we should keep everything slim
> and trim. It will allow us to experiment more while not messing with the
> main API. It will give us some new grounds for testing different algorithms.
> The question is should be a main extension like blacklist OR a community
> extension.
> DEBATE
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