September 2005 - Development - lists.drupal.org

[drupal-devel] Fwd: [bug] gzip headers should be an option, due to incompatibility with some servers auto gzip
by Dries Buytaert 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Can someone step forward and deal with the gzip stuff? Begin forwarded message: > From: tamarian <drupal-devel(a)drupal.org> > Date: Wed 28 Sep 2005 20:11:25 GMT+02:00 > To: drupal(a)buytaert.net > Subject: [bug] gzip headers should be an option, due to > incompatibility with some servers auto gzip > > > Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/32494 > Post a follow up: http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/32494 > > Project: Drupal > Version: 4.6.3 > Component: base system > Category: bug reports > Priority: normal > Assigned to: Anonymous > Reported by: tamarian > Updated by: tamarian > Status: active > > I'm experiencing corrupt pages serverd from the Drupal cache, binary > output. My server is setup to gzip all content served, and this seems > to conflict with Drupal's gzip. > > This would force me to either disable gzip for other apps on the > server, or modify bootstrap.inc to not to use gzip. > > > Would be great if the settings page allowed an option to enable or > disable Drupal's gzip, similar to the enable/disable options for cache > and clean url's. > > > > > tamarian > > -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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[drupal-devel] Maintainer list
by Steve Dondley 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that there is a list of official maintainers for third party modules. Can someone point me to it? Thanks. I'm looking for the official maintainer of flexinode. Is it Ber? -- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com

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[drupal-devel] break part of a thread into a topic
by Gabor Hojtsy 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has some proof of concept or even working code to break part of a comment thread to a new topic. It is not trivial, but is not really hard to implement. We would need it at multiple sites, and I have seen requests in this regard before. Just would not like to go into something which is already worked on (like with my s5 work before :) Goba

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[drupal-devel] Worth a look: Symphony
by Chris Messina 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Front end: http://demo.symphony21.com/ Back end: http://www.symphony21.com/tryout/ U: demo P: demo Hot stuff. And widgets!! Chris

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[drupal-devel] Using Question Module on Drupal.org
by Khalid B 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Regarding this post (How are we doing? By DriesK http://drupal.org/node/32356) I suggested using the Questions module http://drupal.org/node/32356#comment-56594 which should make things easier for askers and answerers. At least it is better than the forums which are geared towards discussions. It will also show what Drupal can do as a CM Application Framework.

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[drupal-devel] Project module: Extra "Category" for Issues
by Kobus Myburgh 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hi, I have been wondering where usability falls in with a issue report. I figured it would be a "task" but is it really? Wouldn't more people be inclined to report usability issues if we have such a Category (usability) in the "Issue information" section of the issue report form? Regards, Kobus

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[drupal-devel] Drupal conference, Amsterdam
by Dries Buytaert 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hello world, next month, many of us will be in Amsterdam to attend the Drupal conference: http://drupal.org/conference-amsterdam-2005. The goal is to meet in person, to educate new users, to brainstorm about the future of Drupal, to get some development done, and to have fun in and around Amsterdam. Antwerp was fun, Portland was fun, Amsterdam will be fun too so better be there. People can self-organize and get some hacking done in small or large groups; we'll provide the space. To do so, we're renting a venue for either 2 or 3 days -- Ber and Bert are finalizing the deal. Furthermore, Boris secured some funding so the Drupal conference will be free to attend. More details will follow shortly. First things first. We plan to do a number of Drupal presentations and to do so we need people to present. The idea is to do many short presentations (maximum 10 minutes, lightning talks) followed by a discussion (maximum 20 minutes). Possible topics include (but are not limited to): (i) a module you've written, (ii) a module you plan to write, (iii) a website or project you've done, (iv) a proposed core change, (v) the results of a survey, analysis, or benchmark, (vi) a problem or bottleneck you observed, (vii) drupal.org related issues, etc. Anything Drupal can be discussed and everyone is encouraged to submit a topic. The presentations are fun and informal; they have proven to be a great way to get feedback and directions. If you want to present something, please send an e-mail with the topic of your proposed presentation and a two line description. I'll add the presentations to the conference page at http://drupal.org/ conference-amsterdam-2005. If you like to see something presented rather than presenting it yourself, you can request a presentation. Once we have enough presentations, we'll categorize them in groups. I hope to get more than 20 presentations by the end of next week. PS: http://www.expatica.com/source/forum_thread.asp? channel_id=1&thread_id=29858 (thanks Adrian) -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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[drupal-devel] forms should reflect settings.php hardcodes
by Bèr Kessels 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Yet another minor issue, that can lead to Mayr annoyances. when a setting is set in settings.php, for example the site slogan, one can still set that slogan in admin/settings. That is strange, and very confusing. A 'hosting provider' such as BygHost, might choose to set harcoded footers 'supported by BygHost'. Users will be very confused why they changed theyr footer, yet the site does not change it. The field of any setting that is harcoded should best dissapear, or otherwise be greyed out. Is that possible with the form API? Ber

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RE: [drupal-devel] Drupal conference, Amsterdam
by Boerland, Bert 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-----Original Message----- From: drupal-devel-bounces(a)drupal.org some session I would like to see and help setup. not all technical, yet maybe good to have a mix between harder and softer items. * ASK THE EXPERT one hour troubleshooting by the experts live on IRC, "you ask, we solve" [TM] * SETUP A GUILD Talk about how to make sure that quality consultants and coders are listed, how to give eachother jobs instead of competing with eachother (note: not sure if people who make money doing drupal consultancy need this?) * WHAT DIFFERS A (CM)PLATFORM FROM A (CM)SYSTEM Drupal presents itself as a content management platform but may be nothing more than than yet another content management system ("blogengine") * HOW PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODS CAN HELP AN OSS PROJECT Drupal and most OSS projects have a natural hierarchy and just work. Why is this different from commercial projects, what can methods like PRINCE2 add to running a drupal project? * SNIPLET SESSIONS Live coding and documenting on drupal.org of some cool php blocks that can be used * WORKFLOW VS APPROVALFLOW What is drupal lacking to have true workflow and how (if needed) can this be tackled? * RELEASE 4.7 ON DRUPAL CON nuff said

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[drupal-devel] CVS contribution etiquette
by Steve Dondley 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

I contribute small patches to Drupal core occasionally and to third party modules more frequently. I have CVS access to the Drupal contributions, however, I tend to contribute via uploaded patch files and I'm wondering if I should be using CVS instead. But I'm hesitant to make changes to someone else's module. So what are the rules and etiquette for contributing via CVS? Should I just stick to uploading patch files? -- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com

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