Add Quick Admin modules feature

Sun, is there a patch for the D6 version of admin_menu somewhere? I followed this thread from this qamodules issue #270548: Merge into other module page helpers/enhancers, and now am wondering whether I should patch to include this in my 6.x-1.x-dev admin_menu module --- or just install qamodules in the meantime?

Thx in advance for clarification ;)
Scott

Will post here, since this seems to be where QA module is headed... I think this functionality is so useful, it really saves time. I'd *love* to see the next step—a "BIG SWITCH" somewhere that turns off *all* modules simultaneously, other than the required core modules... This is the recommended thing to do on upgrade, but it takes a lot of time. QA modules has made that bearable, but it still is much more work than it needs to be. Presumably the technology already developed in QA module should make this a pinch, but I'm not at a skill level where I'd be sure how to add this probably minor change. Anyone willing to give it a go?

Edit: I see now something along these lines is already being worked upon.

Decided to implement my "big switch" myself for Drupal 6.x:
http://drupal.org/project/contrib_toggle

Contrib Toggle module provides a simple button on the module configuration page (/admin/build/modules) to mark all contrib modules for deactivation, reducing the deactivation of contrib modules to a simple two-click exercise.

I am posting this here because this module also a) incorporates the functionality of Quick Admin Modules and b) solved the bug that has always existed in Quick Admin Modules that meant that modules that previously had dependants were never actually disabled even though they could be unchecked. In the near future I will post a patch to Quick Admin Menu / Administration menu to incorporate the now-functioning code if you like.

I am having second thoughts on this. Primarily, I'm wondering about incorporating into Administration Menu something that has nothing to do with the Administration Menu or even menus at all. Secondly, I'm working on the dependencies necessary to get this into core in D7, and there is already a D6 solution in Contrib Toggle, so I'm wondering if this is necessary. Finally, because of how D6 handled the loading of active modules with dependencies (thus disabled on the modules page) the implementation is more complex and fraught than you'd think.

So all up, I'm shelving this. If someone else wants to implement it, feel free-the code is all in contrib_toggle. Just be warned-understand the effects of removing entries from the disabled_modules array before you start!

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