bellHead [bellhead] [#1016786]

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I have developed a functional equivalent for the Text Format module (http://drupal.org/project/textformatter)for Drupal 7 Fields.

Rather than porting and maintaining a single field formatter module which has not been updated in a year I would like to use the code I have as the first item in general field formatters module along the lines of what Elements (http://drupal.org/project/elements) is looking to do for unusual for elements.

I would not seek to duplicate the Drupal 6 version of Text Formatters in the new project, but will offer to maintain or co-maintain it. The content of that message depends on the success of this application though.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#1	field_formatters.review.tgz	1.2 KB	bellHead

Comments

Comment #1

bellHead commented 6 January 2011 at 10:32

Status:

Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

» Needs review

Status	File	Size
new	field_formatters.review.tgz	1.2 KB

Initial version of module code attached. It does comma and semi-colon separated strings and bulleted and numbered lists.

The first patch the to new project (if it's approved) will be the ImplodeToEnglish() function mikeytown2 wrote in #331700: Text, Number & Taxonomy Formatters which became the core of Text Formatters. This would make a full functional replacement for Text Formatters on 7 as the starting point for the more general field formatters repository.

Comment #2

bellHead commented 8 January 2011 at 04:40

Rereading my initial motivation I see that I left out why I feel that a larger repository-style module would be better than a single purpose module: A larger module, or even initially a module with a larger idea, would hopefully attract co-maintainers more easily. Multiple maintainers would provide better review, better continuity and more even attention even as individuals get swamped or take leave (it even happens to geeks these days :) )

On that note: I will be away from technology until the 23rd - I am not just being slow about responding to any questions.

Comment #3

bellHead commented 26 February 2011 at 07:36

Component:

Miscellaneous

» miscellaneous

I have created the project Field Formatters in my Git sandbox for approval.

Comment #4

arianek commented 28 February 2011 at 05:23

Status:

Needs review

» Postponed

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Comment #5

bellHead commented 28 February 2011 at 07:42

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Status:	Postponed	» Needs review

Flags changed as required. Project is Fields Formatters in my Git Sandbox.

Comment #6

sreynen commented 30 March 2011 at 20:30

Hi bellHead,

You mentioned being willing to co-maintain the Text Formatters project, and that seems like the best path forward with your work. That project appears to be in need of a more active maintainer, and your code is in need of a full project container. Also, your code looks to be a functional equivalent, so it would make a fine D7 version of the existing code in Text Formatters. There are several people in #1028720: port to D7 expressing interest in a D7 version, so continuing under the same project (even with a completely new codebase) seems like a good way to avoid all those users needing to find and migrate to a new project.

To become a co-maintainer, you can just file an issue in the Text Formatters issue queue asking to be added. If there's no response to that issue within 2 weeks, you can start treating the project as abandoned, and begin the steps to take it over described in [#251466].

Comment #7

sreynen commented 30 March 2011 at 20:31

Status:

Needs review

» Needs work

I'm marking this as needs work, for lack of a better status. If you want to go ahead with creating a separate project, please change it back to needs review. If you're okay with putting your code under the Text Formatters project, please change the status to fixed.