[development] Consolidating duplicate contrib modules for D7

[Martin Stadler]

I think the best solution is a comparison of similar modules on the  
module's project page. Some maintainers do that and it saves you so  
much time and trouble. It's easy and non-restrictive and there's  
nothing that's sacrificed.

Martin


Am 30.11.2009 um 21:50 schrieb Shai Gluskin:

> I think the important part is giving users good information. Asking  
> the docs team to write module comparison pieces is a good thing too.  
> But I'm against any plan that tries to put controls on module  
> creation because the freedom to scratch an itch has led to great  
> creativity and ingenuity. But helping module developers know what is  
> already out there, that's always a good thing.
>
> When the d.o. re-design launches, I think it is going to be a  
> different world. And I think it will be a lot clearer where energies  
> should be spent on helping site builders and other Drupal  
> constitutents get what they need.
>
> Shai
> Content2zero Web Development
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Andrew Berry  
> <andrewberry at sentex.net> wrote:
> On 2009-11-30, at 2:44 PM, Brian Vuyk wrote:
>
> > Node Access: http://drupal.org/project/node_access
> > Nodeaccess: http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess
>
> IMO there should be a CVS policy disallowing namespaces to be  
> differentiated with dashes, underscores, spaces, and so on. This is  
> a perfect example of the confusion this can cause.
>
> > is it worth starting something along the lines of #D7CX to  
> consolidate the dupes in the name of a better user experience?
>
> I think that if this is something you want to do, you should try and  
> find some of the more popular maintained modules and try to get one  
> or two sets of projects on board. Once there are a few big projects  
> starting down this path, I think it would really help to encourage  
> the smaller projects to work together.
>
> --Andrew
>
>