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Sam Smith 3f95820467 featureManager: Set -> Requirement
As was noted in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244481#5859513, the
term "set" doesn't seem natural. Piotr Miazga (polishdeveloper, pmiazga)
and Nicholas Ray (nray) suggested a number of good replacements,
including "requirement." Serendipitously, this term is already used in
FeatureManager's documentation.

Bug: T244481
Change-Id: I559c2d4149db69235cdd4bb880697deb1a145743
2020-03-06 17:23:46 +00:00
Sam Smith 9177c22365 features: Add minimalist feature manager
With complex additions to Vector's codebase like the Desktop Improvement
Program upcoming, it's important that we have a shared, intuitive
language to talk about features and their requirements. Centralising
the registration of features and creating an API satisfies does exactly
this.

This change introduces a greatly-reduced version of Piotr Miazga's
(polishdeveloper, pmiazga) original proposed API and associated
scaffolding classes for feature management in Vector, which itself was
based upon his work in MobileFrontend/MinervaNeue. This is done to
establish a foundation upon which we can build the more sophisticated
parts of Piotr's proposal in a piecemeal basis, thereby minimising risk.

Distinct from Piotr's proposed API is the ability to register sets and
features that are always enabled or disabled.

Additionally:

- A Vector.FeatureManager service is registered but not used

- A list of proposed immediate next steps is included

Bug: T244481
Change-Id: Ie53c41d479eaf15559d5bb00f269774760360bde
2020-02-26 11:49:29 +00:00