Views 3 has significant improvements to grouping. Will this module still provide significant enhancements once Views 3 is out?

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rsevero’s picture

Assigned: Unassigned » rsevero
Status: Active » Fixed

After some really fast overview in Views 3 I would be not.

Please reopen if necessary.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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

Aren Cambre’s picture

Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

If it doesn't, then should this module be abandoned?

klonos’s picture

@quicksketch & irakli: Nathan, Irakli ...if there are actually things to do, but there is no time or interest at the time, then this issue should be set to 'postponed'.

If there is no point in supporting Views 3.x because it includes all features of this module, then please set it to 'closed (won't fix)'.

@Aren, post #3: there's still a lot of people using Views 2.x, so this module is still useful to them. As for this module being abandoned or not, well judging from the last commit that was almost 1 year ago and by the number of unresolved/unanswered issues in the queue, it kinda is. I am not the right person to answer that though and if you or anyone else wants to take over, then there's a procedure for that. I think it's best to start a new issue for that matter though.

Aren Cambre’s picture

Title: Does this module enhance Views 3? » Is this module supported?
Priority: Normal » Critical

Starting first step of the abandoned modules process...

klonos’s picture

Priority: Critical » Normal

Aren, I understand that you are a member for almost 4 years now and that you '... open a lot of bug reports'. I understand that you are anxious about this too, but I'm afraid you'll need to read Priority levels of issues (the link under the 'Priority' drop-down menu). You'll realize that:

... Tasks and Feature Requests should never be marked “critical”. They should usually be “normal” or “minor”. A support request can be marked “critical”, but the more-urgent priority is unlikely to give you better support; ...

Remember that Views 3.x has no official/supported/stable release yet. I'm with you on this one though, since I almost always use dev versions where available. Still, if you take a look at the module's stats, you'll see that of the more than ~210.000 people/sites using it only ~9.000 of us use any of the 3.x versions :/

...setting this back to normal, since it doesn't break any functionality.

Aren Cambre’s picture

Just following the lead: Drupal.org maintainers have set similar "abandoned project process" issues as critical.

klonos’s picture

I guess then that drupal.org projects or other mainstream modules such as Views, CCK etc might be critical. Still, if some have gone against some ground rules, it doesn't justify others to do it as well now, does it?

If you still think this is effecting a lot of people and setting it to 'critical' would help in any way, then please feel free to change it to such and I won't argue further. Remember that I am with you on this one. :)