About shrinking whynot_compat this mod

[bell07]

Issue 1 from previous whynot_compat repo. Issue Author: @Lazerbeak12345

I was wondering about this:

What if for every part of this mod (mwc) we make either an Issue or PR for the related mod(s) that would need to be changed to make this mod (mwc) not need those lines of code anymore?

So that'd be an issue or PR for every line in ./depends.txt. PRs would be more likely to be merged.

Granted I think even if completely empty this mod should still exist. There's still more incompatibilities between mods I've seen in Whynot, unfortunately, and of course many more to come as WN expands. I'd imagine that this would serve as a temporary holding place for compatibility code with the assumption that not a single line of said code will remain in this mod for very long.

I have seen actually a few references to such attempts in this code. Try-try again I say. If one mod won't accept the PR, then the other one Targetermight (especially if the former is linked).

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• [x] #97
• [ ] #96
• [x] #95
• [x] #94
• [ ] #93
• [ ] #65

[bell07]

@Lazerbeak12345 , I did some optimizations after whynot_compat was moved into game.

Checked all entries if still relevant. Most of them still valid, caused by homedecor recipes :-(

The farming part may can be removed because the migration away the farming_plus is years ago.

Is still any todo from your point of view or can this issue be closed?

[Lazerbeak12345]

I think we should make new issues for each specific "entry" and close this, more general one. This will allow us to address the still-important problem that we have anything in this unfortunate (and yet appreciated - at least by me) mod in the first place.

Not to say you have to write the code to fix these problems - if I feel up to it I might even take care of some of that, if others don't when I bring it up on the appropriate repos (either via a PR or an issue :) ). It's just important that we have an issue made (on our repo at first) for each of these needs the mod is addressing.

[bell07]

The most issues I do not know how to address. The kinds are

1. Some mods (homedecor) uses items in their recipes from mods not in whynot (cottages, moreblocks). The aliases replace the items in recipes by comparable items from mods in whynot.

2. Some mods provides the same item, like "mtfoods:sugar" vs "farming:sugar". Remove one and alias to other unify the item.

3. Recpie change because of overlapping recipes

4. Compatibility for old worlds after mod replacement in game, like farming_plus or endless_apples replacement.

5. Missed recipes. Ok, missed recipes can be proposed to upstream

[Lazerbeak12345]

TLDR I think everything can be proposed to upstream.

1. With number 1, we need to make an issue on their repo. Mods should never use items from another mod that they don't depend on - unless that dependency is optional (ex moarmor doesn't add waffle armor if the waffles mod isn't there).
2. With number 2, we need to make an issue in Farming Redo to fix that most likely - but if they don't want to fix it, then we should then try making an issue in MTFoods.
3. Related to others.
4. Needs specific issue for each mod replacement.
5. You got it :)

[bell07]

https://github.com/minetest-mods/homedecor_modpack/pull/402 - Rejected, does not exists since the repo is moved to gitlab and back to github https://github.com/tenplus1/farming/pull/39 - Rejected. Repo does not exists anymore https://github.com/rubenwardy/food/issues/32 Ignored since 2017. Repository archived

I given up. Maybe you have more luck

[Lazerbeak12345]

For future reference here's the new repo for each of these

• homedecor_modpack
• Farming Redo

As for food: that's not the right place to send the pull request. That's like (please excuse my attempt at comedy) asking Julius Caesar to fix his gosh darn crumbling road when he's been dead for a few thousand years. I think that PR needs to go to Farming Redo (as farming from MTG is not maintained).

Lets make a new issue (on this repo) if the issue doesn't already exist for each of these things. If I have time (and I remember) I might do this myself. Once we have the issue made here we can backlink to it, so they know it's not just "I tried this and it didn't work" and they know its "you have broken my game" - something I imagine might be taken much more seriously.

[Lazerbeak12345]

For the home decor things, I think we need to make an issue to remove homedecor entirely. I suspect it breaks most whynot rules.

[Lazerbeak12345]

Checkboxes added to OP

[Lazerbeak12345]

updated issue for farming plus aliases completion in #97