November 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

drupal.org downtime for new release system deployment
by Derek Wright 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

after nearly 3 weeks of beta deployment on scratch.drupal.org (http:// drupal.org/node/90436) getting the green light from dries, and a huge push from webchick, myself and others to get the docs done (not quite done yet, but they'll be done in time), kjartan and i just worked out a time when we could both be awake to deploy the new release system on drupal.org: 2006-11-11 between 7:30am and 8:30am UTC d.o will be in system maintenance mode for about 30 minutes during the conversion itself. front page announcement to warn d.o users: http://drupal.org/node/94023 sorry for the short notice, but that's the best time for us to do it... thanks, -derek (dww)

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release system is live, drupal.org is back
by Derek Wright 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

in case you're not reading the front page of drupal.org frequently... http://drupal.org/node/94000 New release system for Drupal contributions now deployed! the part all of you definitely need to read: http://drupal.org/node/94000#developers Along with the new release system, there have been a lot of updates and changes to the Drupal CVS repository this year. Because of these changes, all CVS account holders and project maintainers should review the updated CVS and Project documentation even if they think they are already familiar with CVS. The handbook outlines the policies and procedures to use going forward for maintaining your projects[1], managing your releases[2] and proper branching and tagging[3] of your contribution on Drupal.org. More people using the same processes means there will be more people to help others and this will standardize our release process for the future. Be sure to review the new version number documentation[4] so you will know how to properly take advantage of the release system for your modules and themes. If you are unfamiliar with CVS branches and tags, please read the updated CVS introduction[5] to these concepts. There is also a new Maintainer quick-start guide[6] to help people new to CVS get up to speed on the basics of using Drupal's contributions repository[7]. [1] http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/projects [2] http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/releases [3] http://drupal.org/node/93999 [4] http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info#contrib [5] http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/introduction [6] http://drupal.org/node/94179 [7] http://drupal.org/node/321 also, for those who happened to be around for the "fun": http://drupal.org/node/94023 "Update: Apologies for the delay in bringing drupal.org back up. In spite of many painless conversions on scratch.drupal.org, as feared, something went terribly wrong during the update on drupal.org. It took us a few hours to work around the problems this caused with some creative coding and sneaky SQL tricks. Immediately after the site was up, it experienced about an hour of very sluggish response time. This was due to a major SQL load put on the database server during the conversion itself (a huge backlog of queries the mysqld was struggling to process), the flood of traffic from bringing the site back on-line, and some lingering PHP configuration issues that we had setup to try to debug the faulty steps of the upgrade. The good news is that the site is back now, it seems to be as responsive as ever, no actual harm was done, and the new release system is working..."

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CK-ERP (Open Source ERP / CRM / MRP) v.0.21.1 released
by C K Wu 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

A new release, v.0.21.1, of CK-ERP, has been posted at SourceForge.Net, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp . This release features connectors for Joomla, Mambo and Drupal. Improvement had also been provided to the TikiWiki and CRELoaded connectors. CK-ERP is an open source accounting/MRP/ERP/CRM system that runs on top of eGroupWare / XOOPS / Joomla / Mambo / Drupal / Zencart / CRELoaded / osCommerce / Xaraya / Horde / TikiWiki / phpBB. It comprises 22 modules - Administration, i18n, Contact Management, Customer Relationship, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship, Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, MRP, Warehouse, Inventory, Service, AP, AR, PO, SO, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, HR, Staff Self Service and Payroll. Operating platform can either be LAMP or LAPP. It provides accounting and back office functionalities to SMEs and utilizes the underlying middleware to administer accounts/groups. Please report error and suggestion to the discussion group / mailing list, CK-ERP-en(at)googlegroups.com or CK-ERP-zh_CN(at)googlegroups.com . General history and expected development is available at the discussion group's Archive. Information Website, http://ck-erp.net Download is available from, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp http://gforge.oss.org.cn/projects/ck-erp http://gf.cs.hit.edu.cn/projects/ck-erp http://www.cnforge.org/modules/xfmod/project/?ck-erp http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger

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Re: [development] content types. posts. post settings.
by Khalid B 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

A "content type" is what I like to use. It can be the basic types that exist today in core (a page, a blog entry), or types that are created by specialized modules (e.g. an image, an event), or what site owners create using CCK. A "content item" is an instance of content type (for the OO heads among us). Content item should be a better name for what we call "node" today. Post can also be used, but not every item is posted to the site. For example aggregator and friends create items from other sites.

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content types. posts. post settings.
by Karoly Negyesi 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Can we have more synonyms, please? we are using the same word twice. this is not good. we MUST find a third! Or maybe we should just stick to one not to confuse the hell out of everyone? Regards NK

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How Can I Set ang Get Variables
by Asif Naseer 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hello, I need to know how can I Set and Get variables in Variable Table... As I don't want to use Hard Coded names, because I have to use It more than 1 time in my module. I want to use variables to be Set In variable table once and then to Get them like... DataBase Server Name DataBase Name Directories Name etc.. Please tell me a way to solve this... Thanks

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WTF? Droopel?
by Kobus Myburgh 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Have you seen this? http://www.thevoicesofmany.com/url.php?voice=chef&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drup… Not sure if this is for entertainment only or any useful purpose, but it had me a bit baffled about the motivation for doing so much effort... Complete duplication of several of the support sites as well... Strange? Kobus

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RFC: mailing list/group for users of a given module?
by Derek Wright 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

RFC: how can module maintainers try to communicate with users of their modules and attempt to develop a community of active testers, documenters, translators, and developers? http://drupal.org/node/93733 i think my favorite solution is a new type of group on groups.d.o for "Module users" or something (needs a better name, but you get the idea), and open the floodgates. a few other alternatives discussed. comments please... http://drupal.org/comment/reply/93733#comment_form thanks, -derek (dww)

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Re: [development] Inventory Management module
by Eric Goldhagen 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

(I have sent this message 3 times now and was starting to wonder why it did not get to the list. I was using the wrong from address... sigh. a week late but...) We are in the middle of building a similar module. I see from other posts that there are a number of us working in the same direction. Can we arrange for an online chat of all of us later this week? Our module is for the project detailed at: http://www.pegspace.org/projects/peg_station_management We are doing the first round of dev on 4.7, but will be moving it all to 5.0 for final release. --Eric At 10:36 AM +0100 11/2/06, Schultz Consult - [René Madsen] wrote: >Hi, > >I'm searching for developers, who might would >like to help with making the inventory >management modul ready for druapl 5.0 > >The module is not completly finished for drupal >4.7, but it will soon be ready, but I would like >to have it tested and would like some feedback. > >http://drupal.org/project/inventorymangement is the address. > >It would also be greate if someone else would >contribute to the module, since I'm the only >developer at the moment. > >-- >Best Regards >René Madsen -- ------------------------------------------- Openflows Community Technology Lab, Inc. New York | Toronto | Montreal | Vienna http://openflows.com People are intelligent. Machines are tools.

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Re: [development] WTF? Droopel?
by Kobus Myburgh 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

I noticed this shortly after I posted this (should teach me to read better first)... but isn't such activity frowned upon? K. >>> alex(a)417.ro 11/9/2006 3:18 PM >>> It says there: "Please note that this is /not/ the original page, but a modified page, brought to you by The Voices of Many <http://www.thevoicesofmany.com/>. The original, unedited version as originally found on the Internet, can be found here <http://drupal.org/>." It's just a service which takes the original page and shows a modified copy of it, on the fly. There are many sites who do this: turns the page into a sex website, puts a big poo in the middle etc. Alexandru Badiu Kobus Myburgh wrote: > Have you seen this? > > http://www.thevoicesofmany.com/url.php?voice=chef&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drup… > > Not sure if this is for entertainment only or any useful purpose, but > it had me a bit baffled about the motivation for doing so much effort... > Complete duplication of several of the support sites as well... > > Strange? > > Kobus > > >

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