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...engines approaches are the way to go. I assume this mentality is due to the desire to include login pages, password recovery pages, etc. But what if a plugin usage looked like this: class MyUser < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_user :login => "username_field", :password => "my_password_field" use_acl :roles end The plugin has no ambitions of handling views, but only doing model tasks, such as salting the password, and possibly providing access to roles. Its easy to update (no generated code), and easy to apply because it doesn''t place any requirements on the schema or...