September 2007 - Development - lists.drupal.org

The OSI Artist License compatibility with GPL
by Jeff Beeman 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Does anyone see any reason why something licensed with the OSI Artistic License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php) can't be distributed in a GPL'd Drupal module? After perusing the text of the license briefly, I'm not seeing anything that would prevent it - but I may also need to read further in the recent GPL-compatibility thread (which is ginormous, by the way!). Thanks, Jeff

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The future of bug reports/reviews: screencasts!
by Karoly Negyesi 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi, Yesterday former SoC student Balázs Dianiska (snufkin) reported a problem on IRC using a screencast. This is just brilliant. Imagine showing the problem your patch solves, applying the patch, reload and whao! the problem is indeed solved. Much, much faster to review than actually creating the necessary environment (create a user who can create/view pink elephants but not green unicorns, then add some pink elephants, etc). Under Linux, use xvidcap and either host the results if you have the means or use Google video (much better quality than YouTube). Keep 'em coming! Karoly Negyesi

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Remote debugging
by Ken Rickard 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

Can anyone think of a reason why this might be a security risk (or generally a bad idea)? http://therickards.com/autocomplete/mysite/debug-mode It's a remote call to my module that runs file_get_contents() on the module.info file. That way, I can verify which version people are using. - Ken And, for the literal minded out there, I added this to an autocomplete menu item just so I would have to edit the menu hook.

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Modules that integrate non-GPL PHP apps violate the GPL.
by Caleb Gilbert 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

Does anyone else realize that (past a point) none of these discussions matter much compared to actual court rulings? Of course the people that came up with the GPL are going to say that they hold the final say in what it means or doesn't. And of course others will say differently at times. If anyone really wants to find out what the GPL covers, and what it doesn't, the only way to truly do it is to lawyer up and hope that your gal/guy is more persuasive than the other side. ;) - Caleb, "lawyers rule the world", Gilbert

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Modules that integrate non-GPL PHP appsviolate the GPL.
by Caleb Gilbert 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

> > Let's not complicate this already diverse thread with yet another > indirect example that merely muddies the water further. > > I greatly resent the implication that this thread could be muddled any further. Take it back.

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our openID requires a refresh
by Moshe Weitzman 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Draft 12 has been announced: http://www.nabble.com/Announce:-OpenID-Authentication-Draft-12-(finally)-t4…. According to that announcement, no further changes are expected before release. Anyone available for this? Walkah?

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Why Drupal 6 is more important than the usual release
by Karoly Negyesi 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Hi, Those who will remain on PHP4 (and there will be many) for quite some years to come, they will need to run Drupal 6. This does not mean we need to support Drupal 6 longer than usual, that's the problem of those who prolong the life of PHP4. But we can still make a gesture towards them and ensure our release quality is even better than usual (anyone want to formally prove that Drupal works :P ? Do not even bother to answer, that's a joke! ). Please participate. Review patches, close old bugs that are no longer relevant and so on. Just play with Drupal HEAD and see what's broken and report if it's not already reported. And so on, as usual just even more so :) Regards, NK

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stuff to do before Drupal 6 beta 1 can be released
by Gábor Hojtsy 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Hello World! The RTBC queue is quite manageable these days, so one would think that a beta release can be easily rolled anytime. Unfortunately there are at least two beta breaker issues in the works still: actions renaming to trigger: http://drupal.org/node/172773 serial fields: http://drupal.org/node/162432 These are not RTBC yet, but are definite show stoppers on a beta release. So I'd ask people interested in a beta sooner to help out there and contribute. (There are surely still some more critical issues open, so concentrating your powers on those issues can also help a lot). The Drupal 6.x RTBC queue I watch: http://drupal.org/project/issues?projects=3060&versions=97368&states=14 The Drupal 6.x bug queue I watch: http://drupal.org/project/issues?projects=3060&versions=97368&categories=bu… Gabor

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drupalcon: what does a brainstorming session involve?
by Martin Frost 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

(not sure whether this is on-topic?) Hi All I'm interested in holding a brainstorming session on booking systems, but I'm not sure on what they involve! (other than a group of developers trying to come up with ideas!) I have a need to come up with a room booking system (and this was a part of my cvs application) for work, but I also want to abstract it so that it becomes (almost?) a booking system api. If I can successfully map out this idea, I envisage a booking system api that would then have 'bolt-on' or contributed modules that would extend it to cover meeting rooms, seats on an airline, hotel rooms, etc. And where the need arises for ecommerce, this would also be an 'added feature' not a requirement. Currently we (http://extra.shu.ac.uk/cse) use a thing called iCalScheduler (http://sourceforge.net/projects/icalscheduler) - but I hacked it to work within phpBB as I originally used phpBB as a framework. But I'm now using drupal (and have been since v4.6) and obviously want to get it integrated without the hassle of phpBB. (this is the only thing that's holding me back from totally drupalising the site) I know it's viable, I just think I need some other like-minded developers to flesh it out with; and I also think drupal would benefit!! Can anyone help, and would you be interesting in helping me get my head around this?! Cheers (sorry for rambling, see *note to self*!) -- _fronbow_ devel(a)fronbow.co.uk aka Martin in the Real World(tm) note to self: never drink on an empty stomach! Or have _that_ much at dinnertime when you're (supposed to be) working ;)

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Another (meaningless) Drupal milestone reached: 300, 000 issue followups
by Derek Wright 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

We just had our 300,000th issue followup posted on drupal.org: http://drupal.org/node/168315#comment-300000 Nedjo gets the prize. ;) Somewhat fitting, given his history working on project*. Enjoy, -Derek p.s. OT: Yes, I'm back from vacation and trying to catch up with things I missed while I was gone. I've got a huge backlog at my day job, too, so don't expect miracles, but I should at least be a little more responsive now (which shouldn't be hard, given that I was completely off-line for the last 2 weeks -- any response at all is an improvement over nothing). ;)

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