[development] Consolidating duplicate contrib modules for D7

[Brian Vuyk]

I know the whole 'duplication in contrib' issue has been discussed to 
death on this list, so I will try to keep this short.

Obviously, the duplication in contrib is something we are working hard 
as a community to avoid. Nevertheless, in some cases, duplication has 
still crept in, and this leads to a poorer user experience, and user 
confusion.

One prime example is the node access modules, which all perform nearly 
identical functions with more or less polish:

Node Access: http://drupal.org/project/node_access
Nodeaccess: http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess
Content Access: http://drupal.org/project/content_access

Now, is there anything we as a community can do to clean up this sort of 
issue in contrib? I realize that in individual cases, the best policy is 
to post in the issue queues for the individual projects, but on a larger 
scale, is it worth starting something along the lines of #D7CX to 
consolidate the dupes in the name of a better user experience?