I've made a few modifications to attributes_controller that sorts option values by their associated option name and permits multiple selection of option values to associate with an option name. (Background: My site uses about 30 option names and 200 option values, so 6000 clicks and page refreshes was out of the question.)

This really isn't a module, more of a feature addition. I don't mind sharing what I've done, but after submitting as a contribution, it dawned on me this really wasn't a contribution in the sense that a module is (i.e., no core files are modified). There seems to be a strict ban on discussing any contributions not already accepted. The feature request functionality on SourceForge doesn't appear to be used.

So what's the proper way to make extended functionality that's not a module available?