Change record status: 
Introduced in branch: 
6.x-2.x
Introduced in version: 
6.x-2.0-beta5-12-g7019321
Description: 

$conf variables are not anymore used to define plugin defaults.

Update: Actually on a follow up on the same issue, we re-added the feature, but it is changed, now the variables are per backend, not global anymore.

Impacts: 
Site builders, administrators, editors
Module developers