March 2007 - Development - lists.drupal.org

node_access for not the global user?
by Alan Dixon 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

I'm looking for a way to determine if an arbitrary user (i.e, not the global or current user) has access to a node. The node_access() function in the node.module looks like what I want, except that it only applies to the current user. I only actually care if the user can view the node. Any ideas? I'd thought of redefining the $_GLOBAL['user'] temporarily and then running node_access, but I think that might be dangerous (side effects?). I could also just copy that node_access function and change the references to the global user, but I'm hoping someone's already thought through a more elegant solution. -- Alan Dixon, Web Developer http://alan.g.dixon.googlepages.com/

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file caching abandoned?
by Karoly Negyesi 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, I might be mistaken but I thought file caching was something much sought after. I found posts relating to it as early as 2002. And yet, when the possibility has arisen for it to happen cleanly (pluggable cache.inc), the code for it has been dumped into CVS on August 26, 2006 and not a single cvs commit since then. It's not used much according to the issues but that probably has something to do with not having a single release. Is the community truly interested? If yes, then please a maintainer step up. And yes, I have contacted the current maintainers three months ago to no avail. Regards, NK

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Re: [development] Summer of Code Idea
by Anthony Bryan 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

> I've become very interested in participating in the upcoming summer of > code for Drupal and I have an idea about what I'd like to do with my > proposal. I was just wondering what you all thought. > > I was thinking of making a system that automatically mirrored files, > scanned folders and otherwise made downloads available through the use of > metalinks (http://www.metalinker.org/) So for instance, upload a file > with Drupal and then that file is automatically sent to mirrors and a > proper metalink file created (or a download page, I suppose there could be > a number of preferences here). > > So I was just wondering what everyone thought. Any criticisms or > expansions to this idea? I'm aware that the isn't a full fledged proposal > yet, but that is what I'm trying to get to eventually. Thanks for any > input. Hi Kyle, (Hope I'm not butting in here but) thanks for the interest in metalink. I think your idea would be interesting! We use Drupal on http://metalink.packages.ro/ , but the metalink generation is done by a perl script and something automatic and integrated with Drupal would be great and a lot easier for most people! A few things, I don't know if they're possible or how well they would fit in with Drupal: It would be nice to be able to scan a directory for new files and have .metalinks created, even if they were not uploaded within Drupal. A lot of the projects that use metalinks use them for large files like ISOs, so those are probably uploaded with ftp or synced from mirrors. Also, there are no tools for uploading or repairing integrity with metalinks. For instance, if you want to upload a 4 gig ISO you could create a .metalink before hand listing the full file checksums and chunk checksums. If you upload the file, and there's an error in transfer, the chunk checksums could be used to scan the file and you could just upload the corrected chunk (you'd need to create this, or work with another tool I guess). Likewise, if there's corruption or an error in the file later, it could be automatically repaired from a small chunk from the other mirrors. > I don't know metalinker.org (and I don't have internet access right > now) but is metalinker.org's goal to distribute the bandwidth and to > help guarantee availability (i.e. distributed file cache). It sounds > like a fun project, but I'm not sure it has enough 'meat' to keep you > busy for 2 full months. Plus, it might be too vendor-specific. Hi Dries, yes that's basically the goal! Guaranteeing availability and integrity. It's done with an XML format supported by 11 download programs (mostly open source but some proprietary) and used by projects like OpenOffice.org, cURL, openSUSE, and other distributions. They mainly list mirrors, p2p source, checksums, and other file information. It's not specific to any vendor. I wouldn't know how much meat the proposal has, but I'd be willing to work with anyone interested. more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com/2007/02/25/metalink-unifies-internet-d… http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/25/144209 http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/using_metalinks http://www.osresources.com/3_18_en.html -- (( Anthony Bryan )) Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ]

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Textarea with input format attached
by Fernando Silva 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi everyone, Oh well, do you ever thought that having the input format as a separated fieldset is so boring and clutters the interface? Did you ever had the need to have 2, perhaps 3 or even 4 textareas to input some text? Did you ever thought why there is no textarea to insert a different teaser with a different input format? Attached is my proposal for the evolution of textarea element. Instead of generating a collapsed fieldset, this generates a textarea status bar, allowing to be the placeholder of some interesting functions. (if no Javascript present it simply maintains the input format as a static fieldset) The basic idea: when the user clicks the "input format" button it shows a popup (div opened in the same page) with the options. After selecting it puts the label "input format: (the selected input format)" Do you like it? Any ideas? Discussion goes at http://drupal.org/node/125315 Thanks, Fernando Silva

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Re: [development] Open season for references
by Peter Wolanin 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Chx, reading this link you reference says to me that there should be no speed advantage in PHP 4+ for passing in an array in as a reference *unless* you're modifying an element of the array. If you modify and return the array, it seems this will take more memory and computation than passing it in by reference (e.g. hook_form_alter) ? -Peter From: "Karoly Negyesi" <karoly(a)negyesi.net> To: development(a)drupal.org Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:15:40 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [development] Open season for references > References have a place in programming and do help with performance when > dealing with large objects or arrays. Wrong on arrays. http://web.archive.org/web/20060427154547/http://www.zend.com/zend/art/ref-… Objects in PHP4 yes but while we want Drupal working still on PHP4, it's not a preference or priority any more at least for me. So if there is a minuscule performance penalty 'cos ancient PHP versions copy around objects so be it. As said, if I find the need for more advanced array function, I will use them and reimplement them for PHP4.

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Open season for references
by Karoly Negyesi 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, Let me declare open season for references. As they make it impossible to use call_user_func_array and other cute tricks are also impossible, they are a hinderance. I fail to see the benefit for us. Let's get rid of all. Who wants to join me on the hunt? Regards NK

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Menu system work
by Dries Buytaert 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hello world, it would be great if we could move forward with the menu system. Therefore, I'd like to point your eyes to http://drupal.org/node/ 122876 (patch: permission checking for navigation block). Could we take a close look at that patch, and if possible, make suggestions for improvement/simplification. The sooner we can get the menu system back in shape, the better. And to make the new menu system accessible to developers, it should be as elegant as possible. Please give us a hand. Thanks, -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Summer of Code Idea
by Kyle Cunningham 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi All, I've become very interested in participating in the upcoming summer of code for Drupal and I have an idea about what I'd like to do with my proposal. I was just wondering what you all thought. I was thinking of making a system that automatically mirrored files, scanned folders and otherwise made downloads available through the use of metalinks (http://www.metalinker.org/) So for instance, upload a file with Drupal and then that file is automatically sent to mirrors and a proper metalink file created (or a download page, I suppose there could be a number of preferences here). So I was just wondering what everyone thought. Any criticisms or expansions to this idea? I'm aware that the isn't a full fledged proposal yet, but that is what I'm trying to get to eventually. Thanks for any input. -- Kyle Cunningham

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Third-party code in Drupal CVS: remove it, or allow it in certain cases?
by Nedjo Rogers 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Should we remove all of the dozens of third-party items in drupal.org CVS (jquery plugins, databases, etc.)? Or can we create guidelines or a process that allows inclusion of third-party code in certain limited cases? I've outlined some potential approaches in a forum post, http://drupal.org/node/124978. Please post comments there. Thanks, Nedjo Rogers

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Release critical bugs for March 04, 2007
by drupal-devel＠drupal.org 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

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