I'm forking the moderation bit discussion into a separate but related discussion of what modules should be in 4.8. Is there a pre-existing list of modules slated for inclusion (and possibly exclusion in the case of current core modules) from the core package? What conditions must be met for modules to be added or removed from core? If there is not an existing list, I might propose adding: actions - a solid API module that can be basis of many other modules workflow - a module that uses the actions system to really get things done. This could be the replacement for the "status" field (along with the node_access module of the user's choice) nodequeue - replace the homepage with a nodequeue views - i expect to hear a lot of +1s on this. Using this we could sort a nodequeue by sticky order and then nodequeue order. This answers the question below regarding "stickiness" of nodes in the nodequeue. As to dropping tracker - views replaces this legacy - I don't use this - does anyone who used 4.7 use it? blogapi - I am under the impression that this breaks a lot. Is it worth keeping in core? I imagine people have their preferences as to modules. For my $.02 I would prefer to see more API type modules (eg. voting API) than functional modules (eg. buddylist - though I really like this module I don't think it should be in core). Let the flaming begin! -Mark
status - remove. Let a module like workflow control the state of the node. Or, don't have a state. Let the admin decide. Node_access is a better solution than an all or nothing published state, in my opinion.
Worth exploring further.
promote - remove. Let's move nodequeue into core and make a default "front page" queue. This more extensible.
This is an interesting way of doing it and allows many flexible things to be done.
sticky - remove. Again, let the nodequeue system decide what is first in the order.
How about having the "sticky" node themed differently in a list? E.g. at the top of a taxonomy listing, the sticky node at the top will have a different background color? Can nodequeue do that?