December 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Drupal 5.0 RC 1 released
by Dries Buytaert 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Hello world, as you might have noticed, we released Drupal 5.0 RC 1 today. Congrats and kudos for all the hard work. Good job, folks! -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Re: [development] Rename hook_menu ?
by Darren Oh 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Seems to me that each menu item is actually a page, which may or may not appear in the menu. So I would suggest hook_page.

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OT: PHP security team changes
by Khalid B 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Just an FYI Stefan Esser leaves the PHP security team. http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/82500 http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/14/0410240

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Rename hook_menu ?
by Karoly Negyesi 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Today it was raised in #drupal that hook_menu has so little to do with menus nowadays that hook_control is likely to be a better name for the system. Thoughts are welcome. MVC flames are not. Regards NK

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Preparing for 5.0 string freeze
by Angela Byron 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

I know it has not traditionally been something we've done, but I'd really like to do a string freeze @ RC1 if we can possibly help it. For those who don't know the term, a "string freeze" means "everything that's in a t() can't be changed from this point out" unless it's to fix a 'critical' bug; for example, instructions that tell you to click something that isn't actually there. This makes it possible for translators to start kicking into high gear and translating Drupal 5 at the RC phase, so by the time 5.0 is released we have a plethora of options to choose from. So in preparation of this, we need to do the following: a) A large patch, or series of patches, which "clean up" translated strings; stuff like getting rid of \' and change t('<p>blah...') to '<p>'. t('blah...') and such. Which would be best? One patch per file, or a large one that just makes these minor changes everywhere? b) Reading of error messages, help text, field descriptions, etc. for clarity. If something's not clear, we need patches submitted to make it more clear. c) An answer to question posted @ http://drupal.org/node/92992: Should we remove the "You can" links from module help? And if the answer's "yes", then patches to make that happen. (my personal vote is for "yes" since those bloody links were the bane of my existence when I was writing those help handbook2helptext scripts back in the day). Also, anyone have a sense whether the next release of HEAD that's rolled will be another beta release or whether it will be a release candidate? I'd love to get an approximation of how much time I have to work on these issues (and also if anyone's interested in helping). -Angie

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Re: [development] Rename hook_menu ?
by Metzler, David 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

I agree. We are basically defining the entry points and access control to the appliction. Yes, it's more than a menu, but I don't find it to be fully fledged "controller" either. And calling it a controller sort of hints incorrectly at that it does more than you'd think. In short, I don't find the use of menu innapropriate enough or feel that the other replacement terms communicate more to a new developer. Menu is close enough. Dave ________________________________ From: development-bounces(a)drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Zohar Stolar Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 3:34 AM To: development(a)drupal.org Subject: Re: [development] Rename hook_menu ? It's true, but hook_menu is, after all, dealing with paths and links. Paths and links are what allows us to navigate inside a site, and they are commonly combined in a menu. If we checked it statistically, I'm sure we would have found that most of the items in the menu hook are not actually visible as menu items, but when thinking of a menu i a larger context, we find it's not at all a bad name. A menu is a representation of a site's structure, whether it's a logical structure, or a more physic one. So in this way - even if an item is not visible, it's still part of the structure, and as a result - has its place in the menu. Zohar Karoly Negyesi wrote: Today it was raised in #drupal that hook_menu has so little to do with menus nowadays that hook_control is likely to be a better name for the system. Thoughts are welcome. MVC flames are not. Regards NK

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another new status: "active (needs more info)"
by Derek Wright 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

looking at an issue where the person who reported it supplied so little information, you have no idea what they're actually talking about, how to reproduce the bug, etc? you can now set it to "active (needs more info)". the reporting user will have to reply and set the status back to "active" if they want their issue to be seen again (as a new status value, this won't appear in the default issue listings unless you specifically query for issues in this state). see http://drupal.org/node/102485 for background/discussion. cheers, -derek p.s. yes, this too should be documented in the handbook, along with the "patch (needs porting)" status. any volunteers?

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Release critical bugs for December 10, 2006
by drupal-devel＠drupal.org 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

Article / bug reports 4.7 Beta/ CVS Errors assigned: msameer age: 37 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55533 CVS management/tracker / feature requests enforce sequential release tags in xcvs-taginfo assigned: dww age: 6 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/90968 Event / bug reports Multiple-day event does not show in block after start date age: 3 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/98119 [php5, clone] end-start-ongoing attribute does not ripple through age: 10 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/85972 Major timezone bug in event module age: 16 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/78572 event_start not being set age: 28 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65609 Fatal Error After activating "Browse Scheduled Events" in modules age: 31 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/61920 INSTALL.txt incorrect age: 33 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/59019 event calendars off by day/not respecting timezones - fix? age: 36 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56189 Flexinode generates an error age: 37 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55135 Calendar subscribing not working age: 38 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/54036 Problem Selecting Event by Type age: 39 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52883 Event start and end times not getting saved in database age: 51 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41300 Issues with list view for events age: 1 year 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39943 Database error keeps popping up age: 1 year 1 week url: http://drupal.org/node/39396 Date problem on calendar, off by GMT offset age: 1 year 1 week url: http://drupal.org/node/39193 Events module bugs adding and changeing events age: 1 year 1 week url: http://drupal.org/node/39016 gmdate() warnings on windows install assigned: Omar Abdel-Wahab age: 1 year 23 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/26140 Event / support requests Blank Page After Submit age: 34 weeks 19 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/58918 Can't Administer Event Module age: 48 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/43509 displaying event start info in flexinode tabular view? age: 1 year 9 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/33019 Event block missing content of many fields age: 1 year 11 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/31532 Filebrowser / bug reports ArrayMerge Errors with PHP5 age: 41 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/51174 Filebrowser / support requests File paths generated by new filebrowser are not leading to the file age: 15 weeks 10 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/80903 Gallery / bug reports IE error using embed not error with none-embed... when navigation block on right age: 31 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/62119 Gallery / support requests import existing gallery2 user account age: 1 year 5 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/35920 Glossary / feature requests po files and other language support age: 45 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/46313 Goofy / feature requests Goofy Forum UI age: 1 year 10 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/32294 Htmlarea / bug reports if Clean URLs is Enabled, upload_image in htmlarea not working age: 20 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/74119 htmlArea/xinha firefox freezes (multiple textareas) age: 27 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/66746 Layout is quirky age: 39 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52741 Toolbar won't display correct in IE 6 with Pushbutton Theme age: 1 year 13 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/30696 Htmlarea / support requests Problem with size of button assigned: khayman age: 32 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/60255 Listhandler / bug reports user lookup on name only assigned: zeroj age: 36 weeks 6 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/56936 Link to mailhandler does not use l() function age: 47 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/44599 Listhandler caused error in "comment.module on line 996" ? age: 1 year 5 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/36244 Listhandler 4.6.0 fails to send emails at all age: 1 year 20 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/27095 Listhandler / tasks Correct/Complete Documentation age: 1 year 6 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/34909 Mailhandler / support requests Creating a page using mailhandler age: 25 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/68947 Mail Body not downloaded age: 48 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/43374 Members / bug reports Update: beta5 and possible problem with php 4 age: 40 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52004 Patch for member.module to bring it up to 4.7 age: 44 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/47829 foreach() assigned: neablo age: 49 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/42350 Node (key)words / bug reports Error on delete node age: 15 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/80505 can't use php functions in body of nodes assigned: Robrecht Jacques age: 16 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/79315 Node (key)words / feature requests Can't Put Keywords in Categories age: 7 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/90199 Enable nodewords for node type? age: 43 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/48869 Node Aggregator / bug reports nodes are being created with no body age: 1 year 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40373 missing promote column assigned: Bèr Kessels age: 1 year 2 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/38836 Naming issues with files and DB tables age: 1 year 7 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/34298 RSS "no element found at line 1" age: 1 year 23 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/26185 Outdated help texts age: 2 years 18 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/9692 Import doesn't like XML/RSS feeds with no Title element age: 2 years 27 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/8128 Node Aggregator / tasks move XML-parser into an inclde file. age: 1 year 24 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/25439 Notify / bug reports Only first 50 or so users processed successfully age: 4 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/93616 Path / bug reports Login as an alias gets cached age: 1 year 11 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/31699 Poormanscron / support requests Poormanscron not doing what it says on the tin age: 13 weeks 23 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/83252 Privatemsg / bug reports contacts not found age: 1 week 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/99789 When enableing the module, Drupal tries to update instead of install age: 10 weeks 19 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/86830 privatemsg module: - database error - incompatibility with relationship module age: 43 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/48866 Remindme / bug reports Argument #1 is not an array age: 25 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/69286 Cron job creates SQL error age: 27 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/66202 Subscriptions / bug reports Goofy message on subscribing to a category age: 22 hours 35 min url: http://drupal.org/node/102340 Getting 'There are no active categories.' message even when vocabularies and the terms are present age: 4 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/93228 Creating nodes resets OG e-mail subscription settings age: 7 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/89506 Subscriptions remain active when access control maintain subscriptions is disabled age: 9 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/87625 Taxonomy dhtml / bug reports IE 7 javascript errors on the page that display the categories age: 1 week 31 min url: http://drupal.org/node/101100 Disabling Teasers (Trimmed Posts) Not working when set to Unlimited assigned: samdeskin age: 6 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/91299 doesn't work with taxonomy_access? age: 11 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/85355 Error on Page with Internet Explorer 6 age: 25 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/68906 Taxonomy DHTML's cache ignores user privileges age: 29 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/64532 Does not work correctly in Internet Explorer age: 1 year 9 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/33354 javascrip downloads square.gif for every category age: 1 year 42 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/17366 Taxonomy dhtml / feature requests A unique page for each category group? age: 1 year 7 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/34610 Taxonomy navigation / bug reports Taxonomy links only work for the first line of links assigned: PierreFWalter age: 41 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/51149 Taxonomy navigation / support requests Taxonomy has dissapeared age: 1 year 9 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/33061 TrackBack / bug reports install script does not put curly braces around table name age: 1 week 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/100634 Sends trackbacks for unpublished nodes assigned: ankur age: 1 year 45 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/16239 TrackBack / feature requests Use AKISMET to filter the spam, spam.module doesn't do the job age: 15 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/80558 User experience / bug reports Verification Active assigned: maverickvarun age: 5 days 11 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/101384 mail() has been disabled for security reasons assigned: pilotos age: 10 weeks 23 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/86798 Fatal error for Drupal 4.7.0 installed with Fantastico age: 23 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/71407 Sometimes when I open the drupal site in My Local machine I am getting the error. age: 39 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52652 Event start/end date section should *not* show first on Submit event page age: 50 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41869 meet age: 51 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40996 User experience / support requests Login session table uid not updated assigned: edwardsuen age: 4 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/93982 Error installing drupal 4.7.3 in EasyPHP 1.8 . Please Help. assigned: centuriaoctavious age: 10 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/86286 Webserver Auth / bug reports Logging out error age: 36 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56663 Wiki / bug reports the wiki module can't work with HTML age: 44 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/47124

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changes to project nodes and admin UI and now installed on drupal.org
by Derek Wright 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

i've recently finished another round of project node improvements, and i just installed them all on drupal.org. of particular interest, the "default version" link on the project nodes is now gone, replaced with an auto-generated table of the latest releases for each version of core your module supports[1]. development snapshots are there in a separate table. here's the important thing for you to know: if your project has more than 1 branch for a given version of core (e.g. 4.7.x-2.* and 4.7.x-1.* releases) you can now specify if the latest 1.* or 2.* should be the default release for your project[2]. "default" means it'd be listed in that table on your project node, and it'd be used as the "Download" link on the project browsing pages [3] when filtering by a specific version of core (e.g. 4.7.x). you can select this via the new admin UI which is the "releases" subtab on the edit tab of your project node[4]. i hope the table is fairly self-explanatory (though suggestions for improving the usability of that table are certainly welcome). also note that all issue-related project node settings now live in the "issues" subtab, instead of being buried in collapsed fieldsets on the old monolithic edit tab. cheers, -derek [1] see http://drupal.org/node/89539 [2] see http://drupal.org/node/89538 [3] for example http://drupal.org/project/Modules/name [4] see http://drupal.org/node/96971 p.s. if filter by <all> versions on the project browsing pages, things are still kind of lame. i'm working on fixing this: http://drupal.org/node/101601 any help there would be appreciated. thanks!

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cvs-release-notes.php -- auto-generates release notes from cvs log
by Derek Wright 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

From the updated version of http://drupal.org/node/94151: "To help generate detailed and accurate release notes, you can use the cvs-release-notes.php [1] script (which lives in the / contributions/tricks/cvs-release-notes directory of the contributions repository). You just checkout a local copy of your project, and in the root directory of your project's source code, you run the script and provide the name of the CVS tag for the previous release and the current release. It will parse all the CVS log messages between the 2 releases, and print out an HTML version of all unique commit messages, sorted chronologically, with any references to #xxxxx replaced with a link to that issue number. You will need to further edit this list for clarity, remove entries that aren't relevant for end users of your project to know about, and so on, but it should help get you started." enjoy, -derek [1] http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/drupal/contributions/ tricks/cvs-release-notes/cvs-release-notes.php p.s. requires command-line cvs on your machine, doesn't work on windoze (don't even ask for it from me, either get a real OS or have someone else run it for you and pastebin the output or something), there's a list of TODO items in the comment at the top of the script if you're feeling imaginative, etc... ;) p.p.s: i just tried on core to see how beta-3 is coming along: % ../contributions/tricks/cvs-release-notes/cvs-release-notes.php DRUPAL-5-0-BETA-2 HEAD | wc 74 801 7060 ;) shazam, y'all have been busy...

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