[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12880: Reorganize Directory Structure in /wp-includes

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#12880: Reorganize Directory Structure in /wp-includes
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel  |       Owner:            
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.0       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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Comment(by nacin):

 I don't see this happening, personally, and I'm -1 on spawning new
 folders. More folders for example would make my own workflow worse, as I'd
 constantly be navigating up and down trees -- both in file->open dialog
 boxes and the command line. It's a matter of preference, and the status
 quo will probably win out.

 That said, most things are already prefixed with class-, feed-, ms-,
 pluggable-, default-. Then there is the -template suffix, which makes a
 lot of sense as generally you're looking for the object being templated
 first, not the templates in general.

 There are some improvements to be made, but we can't do it with any files
 that aren't included by wp-load as then you'll have backwards
 compatibility issues and you'll need back compat files (see also, rss-
 functions and registration-functions).

 One such improvement would be breaking out classes.php into multiple
 files, such as class.walkers, class.wp, class.wp-error, etc. I don't see
 anything else that really stands out, other than perhaps finally removing
 rss-functions, which is a back compat file of rss.php, which in turn is
 deprecated.

 Also, renaming files is a pain when you want to svn blame something. I've
 seen too many changesets years ago of files getting shifted around --
 there have been a good three or four solid reshufflings -- while looking
 back for things. We're in a good, manageable position now.

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