CVS edit link for Andrew Schulman

I want a CVS account in order to contribute and maintain a new module called Language bulk operations (languageops), for Drupal 6. The name is a little grandiose, because the module is quite simple: It just adds a "Set language" operation to the bulk node update form at Administer > Content Management > Content (admin/content/node). This operation may be useful, for example, for existing sites that are adding multilingual capability and need to assign the default language to existing content; or to multilingual sites where users haven't been consistently setting the language field correctly as they create content. Setting the language one node at a time in these cases may be infeasible for large sites.

I've looked through the available language-related modules, and none of them implements this feature, as far as I can tell. I think the feature should really be available in core, but I believe that new features aren't being added to Drupal 6 any more, so I'm happy to provide it as a module.

I've already coded and tested the module. It works just fine. I'll upload the module code and a screenshot once this application is open.

I've written modules for private use before, and contributed patches to fix bugs. I'm looking forward to contributing a module to the community, that fills a small gap in Drupal's muultilanguage support. I contributed a patch to the role_delegation module that solved a very similar problem to this one; see http://drupal.org/node/598840.

Thanks,
Andrew.

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#1 languageops.tar_.gz6.89 KBAndrew Schulman
#1 languageops.png47.17 KBAndrew Schulman

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Andrew Schulman commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Needs review
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new languageops.png47.17 KB
new languageops.tar_.gz6.89 KB
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avpaderno
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Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)

The module is too simple to be accepted for a CVS account.

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gerhard killesreiter commented
Status: Closed (won't fix) » Fixed

Several people on the dev ML said it would be useful.

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Andrew Schulman commented

Thank you.

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michaelfavia commented

While I agree the module is a simple one and our namespace is already quite crowded, there was a decent amount of interest in the module and he doesnt have much recourse for adding features to the D6 core modules other than making this available as a contrib module. I think it justifies an account and im willing to sponsor him, not the least of which because hes a fellow longhorn ;). -mf

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dave reid
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Andrew: Thanks for taking a big leap into contributing code in the community! I'd really love to see you file a patch for Views Bulk Operations (as discussed on the ML) for this feature as well! That way people who have VBO installed wouldn't have install YAM (yet-another-module). :)

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Andrew Schulman commented

Sponsor? Something I need to do there? Or just an unofficial thing?

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Andrew Schulman commented

@Dave: Yes, I think this is a good idea. I'll follow up further with you on the dev list.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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avpaderno
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Component: Miscellaneous » new project application
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Closed (fixed) » Closed (won't fix)