Add IndieBlocks

[pfefferle]

I like what @janboddez has done with blocks and I would remove the classic-editor and recommend to add it as dependency to the post-kinds plugin, because otherwise it is no requirement.

[dshanske]

I'm in favor of this. I agree the Classic Editor should be swapped over to a dependency. But I feel like we should add some text to the page to make clear there might be overlapping functionality between certain plugins.

[janboddez]

I feel like we should add some text to the page to make clear there might be overlapping functionality between certain plugins.

This seems important. There's definitely some "overlap" with Webmention, and Post Kinds. Or rather, despite IndieBlocks' different approach to these things, the various plugins can be made to work together quite nicely. It all depends on what is and isn't enabled.

People already using Webmention will want to disable IndieBlocks' Webmention functionality but may very well appreciate its Facepile block, or the microformats it adds to comments (including webmentions). That is if they are using a block theme. The Syndication block, too, can be made to work with Syndication Links. (Although block bindings could make the Syndication block redundant soon enough ... but that's a different story.)

[dshanske]

I feel like we should add some text to the page to make clear there might be overlapping functionality between certain plugins.

This seems important. There's definitely some "overlap" with Webmention, and Post Kinds. Or rather, despite IndieBlocks' different approach to these things, the various plugins can be made to work together quite nicely. It all depends on what is and isn't enabled.

People already using Webmention will want to disable IndieBlocks' Webmention functionality but may very well appreciate its Facepile block, or the microformats it adds to comments (including webmentions). That is if they are using a block theme. The Syndication block, too, can be made to work with Syndication Links. (Although block bindings could make the Syndication block redundant soon enough ... but that's a different story.)

I hope you will monitor the Repo and comment on the proposal, and maybe add to it. I want to link to external resources, and have a good succinct built in explanation.

[dshanske]

Approved, but don't want to deploy to the .org repo until extra text is added.