[development] Very concerned over Drupal's core development

[David Metzler]

I agree with this post, but also understand that there are times when  
this is not possible.  I read enough of the panels thread to  
understand that there were some changes in the menu system that made  
porting Panels 2 in a feature complete way to D6 significantly  
difficult, and I want to acknowledge that this is a reality that  
maintainers must live with when frameworks change (which I continue  
to believe is a good thing).

Dave
On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:20 AM, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> Quoting David Metzler <metzlerd at metzlerd.com>:
>
>>
>> I think think the right answer about drupal stagnating was really  
>> about having Views, Panels, and WYSIWG api all going through major  
>> refactoring on D6, all lagging significantly the D6 release. I  
>> know it's why I'm not using my own D6 ported modules in any  
>> production sites yet.
>>
>
> And to avoid this the module developer needs to agree to port the  
> existing functionality of a module from one version to the next  
> while the new features of the module are being developed.  The  
> deadwood and coder modules can help with that and should be one of  
> the first modules upgraded out of the door.  New functionality in a  
> module is great but once a Drupal version is out and people are  
> knocking on the modules door for "when is Dx going to be supported"  
> carrying over the old functionality to the new Dx should have a  
> priority over a more powerful, better looking model.  D6 still lags  
> because modules are improving their API and developers aren't  
> willing to put out a module that is carries the sins of the older  
> D5 version.  A worthy goal but so is getting a module that is  
> working just like the previous.  This is really a sore sticking  
> point making using Drupal sour in some eyes.
>
> I agree that Drupal has a nice feature rich framework for building  
> many different applications (modules).  I agree that the CMS work  
> is what has drawn many to Drupal.  However, a focus on CMS often  
> drowns the other usefulness of the framework and you have a  
> situation similar to HORDE/IMP. Does anyone think framework when  
> they hear HORDE?  Maybe as a second thought but usually you think  
> an email client.  Unfortunately when people here Drupal they think  
> CMS and not framework.  Most users of the CMS don't care that the  
> framework of Drupal or the framework of their favorite module is  
> now more feature rich at first.  They care that their sites will  
> work exactly the same as it does before upgrading.  Then they might  
> look at the newer features.
>
> There are more users of Drupal than there are hackers providing  
> code, peer reviews and module functionality.  Yes, these are  
> important but not to the non-technical user of the product.  People  
> are tired of waiting on module maintainers and probably will go  
> elsewhere or worse create their own version of the module.  This is  
> why it is important for contrib modules to be readily available  
> within a month of a new Dx release.
>
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