[development] Subscriptions module for Drupal.org (was Re: You know what would be really cool for d.o?)

[arthur]

On Dec 27, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Boris Mann wrote:

> On 12/27/06, Johan Forngren <johan at forngren.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/27/06, Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> > I know this really should be a feature request but I'm not sure  
>> which
>> > issue tracker to put it in.  If someone could point I'll be  
>> happy to.
>> >
>> > 1) I would like to see a Subscribe button on a particular issue  
>> so that
>> > I can easily subscribe to an issue.
>
> This is a long requested feature in much more general terms -- i.e.
> subscribing to forum threads, etc. Generally, notification via email /
> RSS is desired.
>
> The meta issue is that we need someone to write a robust, lightweight,
> highly scaleable subscription framework capable of handling the volume
> on Drupal.org. There is the existing subscriptions module
> (http://drupal.org/project/subscriptions) that doesn't quite meet all
> of those needs yet.
>
> -- Boris

I'm interested in moving the subscriptions module in that direction.  
I've been doing some code cleanup, but I'd like to target a specific  
feature set to streamline portions of the code.

Would people be interested in helping identify what the core  
functionality might be and I'll plan the implementation work?

thanks

arthur


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