Rewording of system configuration menu "Advanced" > "Advanced"

[mzeis]

In my experience, the backend menu item "System" > "Configuration" > "Advanced" > "Advanced" can confuse both merchants and developers.

I suggest two improvements for this item:

• Rename the item to something like "System" > "Configuration" > "Advanced" > "Modules". If you want to differentiate between (core) modules and (community/local) extensions, it could also be called "Modules & Extensions".
• Add a warning which clearly states the difference between "disable module output" and "disable the module completly". Especially for merchants, only disabling the output can have undesired side effects which are not understood properly. I would go even further and question the sense of only disabling the output. Given that Magento 2 aims to be more modular, it may be possible to disable modules completly from the backend.

[SchumacherFM]

+1 for this change! We're also always confused with this naming convention.

[piotrekkaminski]

We are currently changing the whole menu structure and this should definitely improve the usability. As for disabling modules, this is part of the backlog.

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