Request for new module cagetory: Multilingual

Hello,

I'd like to propose a new module category to collect all
language
related modules and tools, with the name 'Multilingual',
'Language
tools' or similar.

Some modules that may go right away into that category are
'localizer',
'i18n' and 'xliff'... In the case of localizer and i18n
they're a big
collection of modules, some of which may make sense to spin
off from the
main package, as long as there's some easy way to have them
listed and
related.
Also, it is my intention to create some more independent
modules, like a
'language icons' collection, that then may be reused by the
other
packages. And there's Gabor's SoC project, which is likely
to produce
some tools that fit also into this category,
http://code.google.com/soc/drupal/appinfo.h
tml?csaid=CCB11E7904E4B8C5

So, not sure this is the place to ask, but I'd also would
like to read
some opinions about whether this makes sense, and also to
know whether
there are other related modules that may fit into this
category.

Regards,

Jose A. Reyero

On Apr 14, 2007, at 6:34 AM, Jose A. Reyero wrote:

> So, not sure this is the place to ask

in general, the best place for such a request is as a new
issue in  
the drupal.org webmaster issue queue:

h
ttp://drupal.org/node/add/project-issue/webmasters

(and use "Site organization" for the component).

if you want feedback from the devel list about it, just
create the  
issue first, then send a short email to the list with a
summary of  
your proposal, and include the link to the issue for folks
to provide  
their feedback.

thanks,
-derek

p.s. +1 on your proposal.  sounds like a good idea to me.
;)

Thanks Derek,

I followed your suggestion, so here's the issue:

http://drupal.org/node/
136727  [Request for new module cagetory:
Multilingual]

Derek Wright wrote:
>
> On Apr 14, 2007, at 6:34 AM, Jose A. Reyero wrote:
>
>> So, not sure this is the place to ask
>
> in general, the best place for such a request is as a
new issue in the
> drupal.org webmaster issue queue:
>
> h
ttp://drupal.org/node/add/project-issue/webmasters
>
> (and use "Site organization" for the
component).
>
> if you want feedback from the devel list about it, just
create the
> issue first, then send a short email to the list with a
summary of
> your proposal, and include the link to the issue for
folks to provide
> their feedback.
>
> thanks,
> -derek
>
> p.s. +1 on your proposal.  sounds like a good idea to
me. ;)
>
>
>

On 20 Apr 2007, at 07:38, deji akala wrote:
> Drupal's relevance in the education environment is
growing.  
> phpEdu's in beta2 and DrupalEd's first distro is out.
Would it be  
> possible to have a module category for Education
tools?

We have to be careful adding new categories.  When we
created the  
categories, we spent a lot of time researching them (i.e.
doing card  
sort experiments with real humans/users).  If we add
categories at  
will, we risk breaking their intuitiveness.

I'm +1 for a category 'language tools' but I'm not sure we
need an  
'education tools' category.

Maybe you can provide a list of modules that would be in
each of  
these proposed categories, and if there would be enough of
them (at  
least 5?), we could talk more.

--
Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/

Dries Buytaert wrote:
> On 20 Apr 2007, at 07:38, deji akala wrote:
>> Drupal's relevance in the education environment is
growing. phpEdu's 
>> in beta2 and DrupalEd's first distro is out. Would
it be possible to 
>> have a module category for Education tools?
> 
> We have to be careful adding new categories.  When we
created the 
> categories, we spent a lot of time researching them
(i.e. doing card 
> sort experiments with real humans/users).  If we add
categories at will, 
> we risk breaking their intuitiveness.
> 
> I'm +1 for a category 'language tools' but I'm not sure
we need an 
> 'education tools' category.
> 
> Maybe you can provide a list of modules that would be
in each of these 
> proposed categories, and if there would be enough of
them (at least 5?), 
> we could talk more.

Erm, excuse me if I was a bit rushed, but added the category
already 
based on previous positive feedback.

   http://
drupal.org/project/Modules/category/97

It contains 6 modules already, of which 5 have releases (so
these are 
showing up the page above by default). These are now:

  - i18n module suite
  - localizer module suite
  - translation template extractor (previously
extractor.php)
  - autolocale import
  - xliff tools

Jose and Roberto are in talks to split out some
functionality into 
standalone modules shared between the i18n and localizer
module suites, 
so the differentiators will better stand out and
collaboration is better 
supported. These modules will appear here too.

Gabor