[Bb-trac] Re: [bbPress] #937: 100k PHPmailer should be a plugin and not in the core

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#937: 100k PHPmailer should be a plugin and not in the core
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 Reporter:  _ck_      |        Owner:                    
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new               
 Priority:  low       |    Milestone:  1.0-beta & XML-RPC
Component:  Back-end  |      Version:  1.0-alpha-1       
 Severity:  minor     |   Resolution:                    
 Keywords:            |  
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Comment (by _ck_):

 I still don't understand why it's included by default in BackPress when
 most users won't be using it. Shouldn't the 1% with hosting issues be the
 ones required to bulk-up only their install with additional code?

 What happened to the concept of lightweight?

 A fully integrated install of bbPress 1.0 with WordPress 2.6(even using
 the shared BackPress core) plus plugins will be over 1 meg of PHP code per
 instance - 100k of additional code is significant, especially if on a NFS
 filesystem that's slow to respond (like Dreamhost).

 When bbPress is enhanced with plugins to perform typical forum behaviors
 like sending emails when new users sign up or emails when new posts are
 made in tracked topics, emails happen much more often than you'd think,
 especially on a busy site.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/937#comment:5>
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