January 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Bug Fix Party Jan. 18
by ae2005 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

I hope developers and admins and users and QA folks and all drupal community members will participate in our big fixing efforts for 4.7 release. If you can attend our bug fix party next Wed., that's great. If not, there are still ways for you to help. See http://drupal.org/node/44182 for details

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something interesting about isset and array_key_exists
by Karoly Negyesi 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hi! As you might know, isset is preferred over array_key_exists because isset being a language construct it's a lot faster. I was under the impression that isset($array['foo']) and array_key_exists('foo', $array) is the same all the time. However, it's not. Yes, that's documented in the PHP manual but I think it's worth mentioning because we are now working with arrays a lot more: isset() does not return TRUE for array keys that correspond to a NULL value, while array_key_exists() does. Regards NK

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Two new forums at drupal.org
by Dries Buytaert 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

I created two new forums: 1. Database compatibility 2. Performance and scalability If you are a site maintainer at drupal.org, feel free to recategorize some existing posts. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Themes and Modules
by Peter Hartman 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hey folks, I'm working on a module which wants to squash a lot of things in page.tpl.php, e.g., the Edit / View / Outline / Etc tabs, the links at the bottom, the help button; and it wants to override the way breadcrumbs and title are handled. The only way I've found to do this is to adjust page.tpl.php and node.tpl.php with some logic like (if $node->type == 'mymodule'). However, this strikes me as not the best way (in the long haul) to do things, since it would require shipping a page.tpl.php file with the module for other people to use, or including a patch for the tpl.php files in the INSTALL.txt file, both of which seem like bad solutions. Is there a way for a module to overwrite tpl.php things without recourse to having people installing the module to edit their theme files? Peter -- Hartman's Brain Consulting | Openflows Networks Ltd. gpg 1024D/ED6EF59B (7D1A 522F D08E 30F6 FA42 B269 B860 352B ED6E F59B) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys ED6EF59B

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let's cleanup /misc
by Theodore Serbinski 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

As 4.7 continues to grow and new files are added or about to be added (like the forthcoming textarea patch, w00t indeed!), I think it's time for an early spring cleaning on this folder. I recommend the following: delete /misc create: /images /images/logos (for those drupal powered logos) /scripts (merge with shell scripts perhaps?) /styles Thoughts? I think we should make this change before 4.7 ships, it should be relatively simple to do, we just need to agree on the best way to do it. So let's have at it! ted (m3avrck)

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Re: [development] profile module maintainer?
by Kobus Myburgh 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Okay, I will retract my offer then, as Chris is obviously more experienced than I am. I'll wait for something more trivial to maintain. Regards, kobus >>> chris(a)tinpixel.com 1/10/2006 6:54:52 PM >>> Karoly Negyesi wrote: > Hi! > > Someone would care for profile enough to don the profile maintainer > mantle? This http://drupal.org/node/43989 issue tells me that currently > profile module is quite a bit neglected. > > Regards > > NK > I'll do it. ..chrisxj

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Bug fixing stalled?
by Steve Dondley 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

By my count, there's about 90 "critical" bugs and nearly 400 "normal" bugs in cvs/4.7beta. For the past few days, I've been trying to fix a couple of bugs a day and clearing out ones that no longer apply. I want to encourage everyone to do the same. We could be done in a couple of weeks time with the critical bugs, I think. -- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com

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Overwhelmed by traffic on this list
by Jonathan Kamens 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hey folks, I am not a big-time Drupal developer. My time is stretched pretty thin, and although there are some small-scale contributions I'd like to make to Drupal, it is not a primary time-sink for me. Therefore, although I need to find out about things like planned release dates and API or architectural changes which will impact my Drupal code, I don't need, and don't have the time, to participate in all the ongoing instructions on this list. While I can only speak definitively for myself, I imagine that I am not alone in this regard. I am wondering if it would be possible for a new list to be created for announcements which are of interest to all developers, including small-scale developers like me. It would be very helpful for me to be able to subscribe to such an announcement list and unsubscribe from the development list, the vast majority of whose traffic is not relevant to me. Is there any chance of that happening? Thanks, jik

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Re: [development] Overwhelmed by traffic on this list
by Charlie Lowe 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Robin wrote: "In theory, digest mode would work for this, since you can just scan the headers." That's what I do since half of what everyone talks about concerning code is beyond me :) However, it is good to see the focus of the discussions even when I don't understand the details. And you are right. Dries and others are very good about using good subject lines for announcements. It's easy to pick them up from the list of messages at the beginning of the digest. One thing that might help, though, is that sometimes the development list is very, very active and many digests go out during the day. For those following along, one digest a day is good, but more might not really be necessary. For mailman, set the "How big in Kb should a digest be before it gets sent out?" parameter for digest a lot higher than it currently is. "Should a digest be dispatched daily when the size threshold isn't reached?" should definitely be set to yes. Charlie Lowe

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meeting: (Re: Fwd: [consulting] the Ultimate forum based Malinglist Manager)
by Bèr Kessels 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Announcement for a meeting: The meeting to get all the interested parties aligned. All people interested in a forum to email connection for drupal should try to attend. I am not sure about the timezones, but I think we can safely assume that at 20.00 CET, the US is awake as well. I think IRC is the best "location" »So: wednesday 11 Jan, #drupal-mlm irc.freenode.net 20.00 CET.« That is wednesdaymorning then in the US. Please give feedback asap if you have better plans. I will be online in four hours again. Bèr

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