[drupal-devel] settings inconsistencies

[Andre Molnar]

Bèr Kessels wrote:
> Could be please leverage these discrussions to a higer level?

I read the wiki pages.  My 0.02.

The real solution is to allow each module to build its own menu/s.  Not 
as local tasks - but full on stand alone menus that get blocked.  This 
guarantees that each menu will automatically have all like items grouped 
together - and all settings are handled in the right place.

user_module should only handle building user menu blocks - right now it 
is in charge of blocking not only user menu items and user setting menu 
items  - but all module settings menu items as well. Not the place for 
it IMHO.

I had proposed a change to the menu system to allow modules to build 
their own menus, but I wasn't thinking about the default navigation 
menu... not until now did I realize new possibilities (if done right) we 
could:

a) unload all sorts of menu block building work from user module (where 
it shouldn't really  be).

b) get rid of the menu_module completely (the menu system would remain, 
but menu administration would be handled by the modules).

c) automatically have role based display of module blocks (since all 
module blocks would be based individual menus)

What I had originally proposed for the menu system and book module is 
only the tip of the iceberg for what could be done if modules build 
their own menus.

This would be a major overhaul - but not too difficult.  The framework 
is all there - its just about refactoring it.

I'll be happy to start working on code for this.

andre

p.s. but since this isn't realistically going to happen by 4.6 we do 
need to talk about what is best under the current situation.