[development] Modules for Core (was: Moderation bit behavior)

[Dries Buytaert]

On 07 Jul 2006, at 16:14, Mark Fredrickson wrote:
> 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.

My list would be:

  * workflow
  * CCK
  * some node-level permission module
  * views
  * i18n

None of these are ready for inclusion into core.  In fact, none of  
the authors are actively working on getting them included (and that  
is OK).  We're building a lightweight CCK module for core at http:// 
drupal.org/node/62340.  Similarly, we could build a lightweight  
workflow, a lightweight views module (or just a views API), etc.  I'd  
accept these for inclusion.  Then, over time, we can migrate the more  
advanced features from the contributed modules to the core modules --  
or let the contributed modules focus on the more advanced features  
(extending the core functionality).

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