<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello,<br><br>To my opinion, the imminent release of the 7 core <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">might</span> better be delayed.<br><br>Untill today, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">many mods</span> for 5 and even 4,<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> are not available for the 6 versio</span>n.<br><br>And there are several mods that are neccesary on some websites, so in some cases one better doesn't migrate to 6 <span style="font-style: italic;">(or even not from 5 in fewer cases)</span>.<br><br>Do I propose waiting untill maybe all the mods
are available for 6?<br>No; that would not change anything to the fact, that it will take many years before almost all interesting mods are programmed for core 7.<br><br>What I propose is a bridge, cloud, integration of TWO cores; the 6 and 7 core:<br>Two installations <span style="font-style: italic;">(might be on another server too)</span>.<br><br>Waste of time that better can be used programming core 7 mods...?<br><br>Maybe, but that bridge_cloud could serve also for 7 to the future 8, bridging and clouding the same Drupal versions, Mediawiki and many other programs.<br><br>Especially when its written like:<br>1) <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">a very broad multifunctional adapter</span>,<br>2) with <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">additional the 6 to 7 bridge</span><br>3) and many <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">other specific bridges</span> to make for other programs.<br><br>I'm not a
programmer except for a blue monday and not familiar with internal details of how Drupal works. So there probably are many hughe problems to resolve to get something like this done.<br><br>But:<br>1) a General Bridge-Cloud-Adapter for core 7?<br>2) then a 6_to_7_Bridge working with GBCA?<br>3) then other bridges working with GBCA, like Mediawiki, etc.?<br><br>If this is practically possible, my opinion is that first the core 7 software should be revised thoroughly to make this core perfect for such external connections/communications/integration...<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Related question:</span> Doesn't there exist a uniform protocol how different programs can integrate? If so; the core better should already be build according to these characteristics. If not, maybe some developers can form a broad based group to get such a protocol into practice?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Ad<br></span><span style="text-decoration:
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