<i>We try to notify this list when <span>API</span> changes
are made in Drupal, so
contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before
they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken.</i><br><br>(<a href="http://drupal.org/node/917492">issue</a>) OK, so this isn't really an API change, but it may affect you in the same way, and since I was involved in it, I'll 'fess up. We have added a .gitignore file to the git repositories in Drupal 7 and 8. If you already had a .gitignore file, and the one that was added does not meet your needs, please see <a href="http://drupal.org/node/917492#comment-4386912">#37 in that issue</a> for workarounds.<br>
<br>BTW: I will probably announce Drupal *7* api changes should they happen, but won't be announcing Drupal 8 changes, perhaps ever. We hope to have a much better technique for this, see <a href="http://drupal.org/node/648218">Make API Changes in Drupal Core be Nodes</a>. <br>
<br>Thanks,<br>-Randy<br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Randy Fay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:randy@randyfay.com">randy@randyfay.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<blockquote><i>We try to notify this list when <span>API</span> changes
are made in Drupal 7, so
contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before
they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken.</i><br><br>(<a href="http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552" target="_blank">issue</a>) There is a new way to declare pages as "admin pages" which should be themed with the admin theme. hook_admin_paths() went in in this issue. If your module is doing tricky things with 'theme callback' in hook_menu() to set some of your module's pages to use the admin theme, take it out and use hook_admin_paths(). Developers doing advanced things with 'theme callback' will probably want to look at the <a href="http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552" target="_blank">issue summary</a> in general.<br>
<br>(<a href="http://drupal.org/node/986992#comment-3825334" target="_blank">issue</a>) There was a subtle change to field module which affects only highly advanced modules like date and views. Read the issue summary if that is you and you know what an etid is, or if you find "etid" grepping your code. I had to promise chx that I'd say "if you are affected by this then it's very, very likely you are doing it wrong."<br>
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<br>-Randy<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Randy Fay<br>Drupal Module and Site Development<br><a href="mailto:randy@randyfay.com" target="_blank">randy@randyfay.com</a><br>+1 <a href="tel:970.462.7450" value="+19704627450" target="_blank">970.462.7450</a><br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Randy Fay<br>Drupal Module and Site Development<br><a href="mailto:randy@randyfay.com">randy@randyfay.com</a><br>+1 970.462.7450<br><br>