March 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Beta 6 upload module problem
by Martin Tomes 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

When I create a new page with Beta 6 I get this message: warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/fbdrupal/modules/upload.module on line 432. I am using PHP5 and Apache2 all on Fedora Core 4. -- Martin Tomes echo 'martin at tomes x org x uk'\ | sed -e 's/ x /\./g' -e 's/ at /@/' The Subversion Wiki is at http://www.subversionary.org/

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slightly OT - don't be a stupid Drupal newb
by Will Wyatt 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

I've been trying to use a PHP block that contains some CURL code to grab a pic and show it in the sidebar. I'm hosted at Dreamhost and I have mod_security (Dreamhost calls it 'Extra Web Security') activated on my domain. So, when I tried to create a PHP block that contained codewords that mod_security found offensive I was prevented from saving the block. No problem, said the newbie. I updated the body field in {block} to the CURL code I wanted in the block. Here is the big uhh-ohh I discovered while doing this. I was trying to use this php code in a block that was on every page. When I updated the block in the database I used the wrong URL, which is in my drupal path. I said http://www.example.com/gallery/blah when I meant to say http://www.example.com/gallery2/blah. So when I loaded the homepage for the first time, the block tried to load, but the block was trying to load the wrong URL (the URL I manually updated in the database. Drupal was intercepting the wrong URL and trying to load the 'Page not found' which of course included the offending block, which tried to load the wrong URL, which tried to load the 'Page not found' page which contained the block with the bad URL ... ad infinitum. So, in essence, I had denial of serviced myself. I couldn't get to my website at ALL for about 20 minutes. Once I could get back into my database (my ssh was DOSed as well) I reset the block. Being curious I did it all again while running top through another ssh connection. When I did it all again I saw 80 or so php5 processes in my user space before the top'ed connection DOSed itself. I'm assuming Dreamhost finally killed something. There is probably a moral to this story. Something like 'try php chunks of code in a page before adding them to a block that can get loaded on every page.' Especially is you're on shared hosting :) Here's hoping you don't do what I did :) -- Proud member of the KEXP cubicle army. http://www.cubiclearmy.com

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Setting up test environment
by Carl Parrish 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Okay I want to set up a place to test all my servers on 4.7. so I grabbed the latest from HEAD, copied my databases (ie if the db was example, I now also have one called example4_7). Then I created a Virtual Host called test.example.com , that is set to read the code from HEAD. Now here's where I'm not so sure. Should I now go with an upgrade? (http://test.example.org/update.php) or should I act as if its a new install (I guess technically it is) Since I want to use all the data from my old install I'm leaning torward, I should be doing an update but I'm concerned that I have modules set up that aren't ready for 4.7 yet. so advise....?

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RE: [development] Looking for a place to start
by Steve Parks 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

I'd like to put forward the Publish and Subscribe modules as a suggestion. The owner of those projects isn't yet ready to port them to 4.7 - and sadly they are a little bit beyond my current coding ability. Thanks Steve -----Original Message----- From: development-bounces(a)drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Carl Parrish Sent: 15 March 2006 19:40 To: development(a)drupal.org Subject: [development] Looking for a place to start Okay I've been over the coding Standards etc.... and Have create a few patches to some modules so now I think I can help. Is there a list of common modules that still need to be ported to 4.7? (I'm installing 4.7 from cvs right now). I'd like to get my feet wet and I figure porting a mod will teach me a lot about the framework etc...

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Development of WebDAV module
by Ian Macdonald 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Drupal developers, I write from a small ISP in London that does web design projects using a variety of CMSs for our clients. A client of ours requires an intranet site with a calendar, forums and file management. We have implemented the site with Drupal and the client is happy with the calendar and the forums. In terms of the filestore, the client wishes to be able to access files and folders of documents from within Drupal, but also through WebDAV (MS Windows Web Folders). There was a Summer of Code project by Fabiano Sant'Ana to write a webdav module for Drupal. The description of the project is at http://drupal.org/node/26292 and the final code of the modules is available at http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/wundo/SoC/ . The current modules allow Drupal to act as a WebDAV server, however authentication is currently not supported by the modules and so write access via WebDAV is not yet possible. We would be interested in financing further development of the WebDAV module in order to meet our client's needs. We would like a system that allows files to be uploaded from within Drupal (as attachments or uploads) or uploaded via WebDAV. The files would also be available via these two different interfaces. Thus, the task at hand would be to make a WebDAV module that integrates with the uploads.module (or somehow integrates with uploads from within Drupal itself). We spoke to Fabiano at one point and he estimated that it would take about 9 days of coding to have something functional with these characteristics. Unfortunately, we have not gotten any response from him regarding the project at the moment. Is there anyone here that might be interested in being paid to do this development for us? Or any suggestions regarding whom we should talk to regarding this project? Thanks in advance for your responses. - -Ian GreenNet Support - -- Ian Macdonald (imac(a)gn.apc.org) GreenNet supports a progressive community working for Peace, the Environment, Gender Equality and Social Justice, through the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRBgFpOJ8p9l2oIAAAQLOgwgA2b89Oh6apH0vgfFHn0dsngLQfbz7VGza t61K5IaQjdsSn1c4en9vgyHJYTIBw5qSed1//K7mBpT6K/k8gdG3yf1+O65xjEsJ UlTohzHIQY2Bl6r15mL52Rzo8ZhGY0vFXcvVFbhCMzz5Ajon7JVvL7aPBdmchvOu otlvtpcKxelJ+gNXema7Bd1Vb48UR6/uarI19AB716PqW0aM91iXSp4L/y5x2EUb 7VYaj8L+VGwTZzjUEvdPc5VBVLp8U/c8ATIQaPZG4tX2F5M+Lgo9ke4pZAAzK7JJ BmAGYDxD12VI0sCMptpMLB4gdkKmi/m5tNu63mbvKkO423mjsOwBLA== =c0j0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [development] Turbogears: Python framework
by Boerland, Bert 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

>>> How to write a Wiki in 20 minutes: >>> http://www.turbogears.org/docs/wiki20/20MinuteWiki.mov >> >> To counter these kind of videos (but mostly for fun), we should do >> a "make a wiki in 10 minutes (not 20 minutes) with Drupal", or a >> "make a blog in 7 minutes (not 20 minutes)". ;) >Totally, I'm all over that. Stay tuned. anyone seen "There is something about Mary" Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs? Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video. Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs. Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going. Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man? Ted: I would go for the 7. Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk. Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that? Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B". Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh? [Hitchhiker convulses] Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel. Needless to say the hitchhiker was carying a chainsaw.

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Turbogears: Python framework
by Arnab Nandi 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

How to write a Wiki in 20 minutes: http://www.turbogears.org/docs/wiki20/20MinuteWiki.mov

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Drupal 4.6.6/4.5.8 security releases
by Gerhard Killesreiter 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

are now available. See drupal.org/node/53524 Cheers, Gerhard

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absence
by Dries Buytaert 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hello, this is to inform you that as of tonight 23:59, I'll be gone for about one month. I promised Karlijn and (especially) myself not to work on Drupal just before or just after our marriage. Now is the time to disconnect and unwind for a bit. :) I will temporary unsubscribe from the Drupal mailing lists so my mailbox doesn't explode. I will, occasionally, check my private e- mail to help with or respond to urgent matters but I will not review or commit patches nor will I help with the maintenance of the Drupal infrastructure. During my absence, Steven Wittens will take over my duties and responsibilities. He has the final say whenever a decision needs to be made. I wished I could have released Drupal 4.7.0 but we didn't make it in time. Steven, Gerhard and Neil can coordinate the Drupal 4.7.0 release. Once the DRUPAL-4-7 branch is created, Gerhard will continue to maintain that branch. At that point, only Steven and Neil will be allowed to make changes to CVS HEAD. I suggest creating that branch after the release candidate is made available. I also wished I could have upgraded drupal.org, but critical bugs in CVS HEAD (and last night's security releases) prevented me from doing so. There is only one critical bug that needs fixing (file revisions) before we can upgrade drupal.org. Everything else has been taken care of, and has been prepared carefully. Steven, Gerhard or Neil can finish that task. It should be straightforward. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://buytaert.net/

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Re: [task] Allow German date/time format
by sime 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I'm looking forward to an option without Time. I like the idea that I did one thing on "15 Mar" and it took all day. ;-)

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