[dev] [cvs] commit: genie list.php genie/config types.php.dist genie/lib Driver.php Genie.php genie/templates/item item.inc genie/templates/list item_headers.inc items.inc

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Duck <duck at obala.net>:

> Users tends to describe their data in tons of strange ways. So later it will
> be hard to analyze data, if we will allow users to manage types. For the
> marketing aspect is better to define people type in a clear way to find
> correct advertisement. So I wont let users to change types. And if we have
> the control over it, we can even do something in the way of having the system
> know how to handle a standard list of product types. For example, a book
> should get its ISBN number in the product_id field and we can call Groo to
> get book data. And I don't know how to do specify this hooks in way other
> than a configuration file. As lest for  now I will leave it as it is.

I agree about not introducing config files when possible. How about  
using Rdo to allow administrators to configure the list of types, and  
that way someone else could grant the type_management permission to  
everyone, if they want to let anyone add their own types.

-chuck