On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 07:06:04 -0700 "Metzler, David" metzlerd@evergreen.edu wrote:
No, I think you've hit the major ones. If you do roll your own, you might consider something form_alter based that leverages content_access or some other module. Think of it as simplifying the UI on another module. It might make the path shorter.
Some comments on what I've found for future reference:
- it installed cleanly on postgresql - it support aliases for roles. Nice to map anonymous users -> everyone, unfortunately I can't see how to add multi-language support - you can't disable "grant per users", this is a problem in terms of interface and information leak. I can't use form_alter since there is a theme_ form and it has some hard coded html
- it seems very similar to the nodeaccess - it has a bad track for supporting postgres. - nice it has a beta for D7
- could be the best fit, but I bet sooner or later I'll need features just the above modules have
- a bit different in scope (nodes are protected with a password)
content_access has a nice feature: it support buddylist but as said it has a confusing UI for my needs and fixing it with form_alter won't solve its unfriendliness to SQL (settings is a serialized field).
I'll take some time to understand if I really need the extra features of nodeaccess vs. private and in case I decide for the former I'll see if I can tweak nodeaccess and if maintainers are willing to accept some patches.