Hi All , Can i join #drupal chaneel or do i need recomendation??? Visnu On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:10 PM, <development-request@drupal.org> wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:44:58 -0500 From: Brian Vuyk <brian@brianvuyk.com> Subject: [development] Consolidating duplicate contrib modules for D7 To: development@drupal.org Message-ID: <4B1420BA.7010404@brianvuyk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I know the whole 'duplication in contrib' issue has been discussed to death on this list, so I will try to keep this short.
Obviously, the duplication in contrib is something we are working hard as a community to avoid. Nevertheless, in some cases, duplication has still crept in, and this leads to a poorer user experience, and user confusion.
One prime example is the node access modules, which all perform nearly identical functions with more or less polish:
Node Access: http://drupal.org/project/node_access Nodeaccess: http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess Content Access: http://drupal.org/project/content_access
Now, is there anything we as a community can do to clean up this sort of issue in contrib? I realize that in individual cases, the best policy is to post in the issue queues for the individual projects, but on a larger scale, is it worth starting something along the lines of #D7CX to consolidate the dupes in the name of a better user experience?
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:22:55 -0500 From: Andrew Berry <andrewberry@sentex.net> Subject: Re: [development] Consolidating duplicate contrib modules for D7 To: development@drupal.org Message-ID: <53A37D3A-8063-4E4A-B679-19689DCE51E7@sentex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
On 2009-11-30, at 2:44 PM, Brian Vuyk wrote:
Node Access: http://drupal.org/project/node_access Nodeaccess: http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess
IMO there should be a CVS policy disallowing namespaces to be differentiated with dashes, underscores, spaces, and so on. This is a perfect example of the confusion this can cause.
is it worth starting something along the lines of #D7CX to consolidate the dupes in the name of a better user experience?
I think that if this is something you want to do, you should try and find some of the more popular maintained modules and try to get one or two sets of projects on board. Once there are a few big projects starting down this path, I think it would really help to encourage the smaller projects to work together.
--Andrew