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• maybe things should actually not be loaded to repository. This means you cannot do a clean uninstall.
• Should templates and resources really be loaded to separate locations in separate workspaces? What is the advantage of having these things scattered, instead of together?

Config by File

Meta: Break this topic into independent sub-topics:

• Readable bootstrap files.
• Config By File - No writing to repository
• Config By File - Writing to repository

What if configuration for templates and dialogs could be done in a file instead of in the adminCentral configuration tree?
This comes out of thinking of ways to treat resources and templates more equivelently, ie in a standard way. And then realizing that developers like working with files and have a lot of familiarity with tools and workflows there.

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