[development] LinksDB vs. Links

[Jeff Eaton]

Possibly; I would be perfectly happy to see the incomplete
administration screen just go away and call the module 'released'. It's
a perfectly viable module and API package without that one screen, and
just as stable as image.module, say. Branching is more of an issue.
SysCrusher has continued to work on it, commit patches, and participate
in issue queues over the past several weeks so I think it's more a
question of calling the module 'done' and 'ready,' which it wasn't
before 4.7 shipped.
 
I suppose it's just frustrating to see people look at an existing module
that does 95% of what's needed, and decide to reimplement from scratch
to get the extra 5%. There are more and more cases of it every day, it
seems. Sometimes it's unavoidable but often it's a real waste.
 
--Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Boris Mann [mailto:boris at bryght.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:22 PM
To: development at drupal.org
Subject: Re: [development] LinksDB vs. Links



On 28-Jul-06, at 9:05 AM, Jeff Eaton wrote:


I'm not sure that's an accurate characterization. SysCrusher hasn't had
a chance to work on the administrative screen for bulk link maint. work,
but the module has been good to go under 4.7 for months now. It has a
robust API, very solid views integration, and is easy to integrate with.
The biggest problem is that 1) its description has an outdated warning,
and 2) it hasn't been officially branched. That latter problem is
definitely a big one, but I'd really suggest anyone considering
implementing a links management system consider links.module and
links.inc as their starting point.
 
Obviously, some would prefer a smaller focused all in one solution. :)
No problem with that. But the links package itself is definitely not in
disrepair.


Would neglected be a better word? 1 & 2 as you mention above are
indicators to me that not enough attention is being paid to the bundle
(I'm not trying to diss links, just trying to find out more about future
direction / viability).

And yes, the other big thing is the does-it-all nature...

-- Boris


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