The Rules module can for example be used for creating an article on the front page about upcoming shows, created automatically from new show nodes and the date/time when they first will air. A notification can be sent to the users with access to that show to edit the promotion.

A lot more can be done with Rules, maybe we shall consider adding it to the Moderate kit?

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jdcreativity commented

I would have to agree with your thinking @westis. I was also looking at Workflowmodule, too (but will log that separately.

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kreynen commented
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I've written about my dislike of using very large projects like Rules, Panels, and Workflow that add tens of thousands of lines of code to achieve something relatively simple. You can read about that here and here.

It's not that these modules are inherently bad and should never be added on to of the ESK or MSK. There is a time and a place for them, but they should be avoided if possible. We are already combining some very large projects with Media, Feeds, Organic Groups, and CiviCRM. If given the choice of adding support for Rules or adding a few lines of code to a module to send emails or redirect users after completing a form. While I understand that not everyone has the PHP skills to add those lines, everyone has the option of requesting the feature first.

Another thing we always need to be considering when adding a module to distribution is will this module be upgradable to D8 or Backdrop? If not, we should probably avoid making it part of the standard distribution.