Hi,<br><br>I totally agree with Ivan Sergio Borgonovo, As If Productions, and some others on this issue. Duplication is not such a problem; it is the lack of useful categorization (module relation, similarity) and lack of efficient searching that leads to time wasting.<br>
<br>1) I used to use the long page with all modules and search using CTRL+F in it. That kind of worked for me - I could find related modules, and then read about them in tabs. But since the long page is broken by pagination, I am lost. The categories are unhelpful, as is the module search tool. Most of the time I find related modules by Google site search, but that's inefficient as well. <br>
Hence: let's aim for better categorization (by maintainers AND the module users), without limiting the tag count, and for a high-quality search (maybe autocomplete would be helpful).<br><br>2) Duplication means diversity and that means evolution. Even if it hurts and takes time, I am sure it is the best. In the process of testing prospective modules, we often discover exciting facets of them, and by communicating with maintainers we may help some of the projects flourish in unexpected directions. I would never trust any approval seals. Even download counts are more useful than any seal, IMHO.<br>
(I am imagining a large ToughGraph or suchlike map of Drupal modules,
with all sorts of groupings and color-coded relations, with
explanations on mouse-touch, etc., that might be lovely for the module
jungle exploration!)<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Tomáš (vacilando)<br><br clear="all">--<br>Tomáš J. Fülöpp<br><a href="mailto:Tomi@vacilando.org">Tomi@vacilando.org</a><br><a href="http://vacilando.net">http://vacilando.net</a><br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 14:41, As If Productions <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:everyone@asifproductions.com">everyone@asifproductions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">At 05:45 AM 3/11/2009, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:<br>
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What I'd find useful would be<br>
- better categorisation system and better search system on categories<br>
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Big +1 on that.<div class="im"><br>
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- a flag to check if a module provides an API or is just an application<br>
- an activity index (average lines of code changed/time)<br>
- a issue queue index<br>
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Regular +1 on those.<div class="im"><br>
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Maybe we could let people (other than the maintainers) to "categorise" the project.<br>
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Best idea I've heard yet. Ivan, I want to have a beer with you.<div class="im"><br>
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I really don't see duplication as a problem.<br>
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Ditto. In fact I appreciate it. It's finding the one you need that is the problem. The way I see it, this problem requires a taxonomical/navigational solution, not a paradigm shift in methodology. It would have to be an ongoing task/project in its own right, but IMHO it's one that could easily be supported by less-than-hardcore developers.<br>
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LVX<br>
TF<br>
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