March 2011 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Proliferation of New Modules
by Fred Jones 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Is it just me or the past two weeks has there really been a CRAZY amount of new modules being made? Even ignoring all the "sandboxes" and "just testing" the real ones have been a LOT. At least it seems so....

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node-specific main-menu
by info＠informatik-halle.de 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

sorry for crossposting. Hi guys, is it possible (with drupal 7 or drupal 6) to implement an node-specific menu? the point is: i would like to display an node-specific main-menu which changes according to the pages. Example: Menu 1 shows A/B/C and menu 2 shows ONLY D/E/F. Thank you! Florian

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Proposal: Move all dev support off this list to new StackExchange site
by Randy Fay 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

The new http://drupal.stackexchange.com is now live, and several outstanding Drupal contributors are monitoring and contributing to it. It seems like we'd get better long-term use of people's time if we did development support over there, where it's searchable, and where repeat questions can be answered by an internet search instead of everybody reading and answering the same thing over and over. And yes, I'm in favor of providing this capability on Drupal.org, as per http://drupal.org/node/1047632, but for now, what about taking dev support off this list since there's such a good alternative? -Randy -- Randy Fay Drupal Module and Site Development randy(a)randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450

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expected review time for new module?
by Sean Dague 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

I realize Drupalcon was just on, so people were pretty busy, but I'm wondering what the expected review time is for a new module? I've had review requests out for 9 days (http://drupal.org/node/1082284) and haven't gotten a bite since an initial post to put up the link + change to needs review. For someone that is just getting into this from the outside, it would be great to get some feedback here. Thanks, -Sean -- Sean Dague Learn about the Universe with the sean at dague dot net Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association http://dague.net http://midhudsonastro.org

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Re: [development] development Digest, Vol 99, Issue 60
by Karl Giesing 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

> I realize Drupalcon was just on, so people were pretty busy, but I'm > wondering what the expected review time is for a new module? I've had > review requests out for 9 days (http://drupal.org/node/1082284) and > haven't gotten a bite since an initial post to put up the link + change > to needs review.FWIW: when I applied for a Drupal CVS account, I didn't end up getting it until nine months later.After the initial review (which happened in April), I did the suggested changes, and didn't get another review until August. It went back and forth like that.Here's the issue thread itself, if you're curious:http://drupal.org/node/772756 My advice: Get all your ducks in a line before you even apply; and be very, very patient.-Karl.

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completeness module
by ahmed refaat 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

i have idea, but i don't know if it can be a module to participate with it in GSoC this year ! the idea of this module simply is to make thing like a progress bar widget or whatever it can be called, to help regular users of Drupal to complete the profile and the blog or the site installation.... any help ?!! *Ahmed Refaat* Web Developer *Computer Sciences Student at el Shorouk Academy.*

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Re: [development] #drupal and #drupal-contribute split
by Gerhard Killesreiter 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Subject: Re: [development] #drupal and #drupal-contribute split (Was: > Re: Proposal: Move all dev support off this list to new StackExchange > site) > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Angela Byron <drupal-devel(a)webchick.net> wrote: >> Yes, this *absolutely* happened with D7. It was an *incredibly* >> small "core" group of < 20-30 people who resulted in Drupal 7 ever >> actually shipping. Post-code freeze, which more-or-less coincided >> with this IRC policy change, I can think of only a small handful of >> new contributors who came on board who were not already involved >> previously. >> >> Now, since there's really no way to quantify data around this, it's >> difficult to say what percentage of this lack of contributors >> phenomenon was related to this policy change, what was the >> "post-code freeze blues", how much of it is steeper requirements to >> get a core patch in (e.g. tests, subsystem maintainer sign-off), >> how much of it is the fact that certain members of our community >> were paid to care about bugs (e.g. Acquians and Examiner.comians) >> and others weren't, or what exactly the breakdown there was. I'm >> sure all of these, and more, were factors. >> >> But "not have a clear effect so far"? The *freaking rolling of 7.0* >> happened in such a silo, with not even a peep about it in the main >> IRC channel, for crying out loud! How much more "us" vs. "them" can >> you possibly get? :( > > I do think you have this feeling because you were at the helm. I don't > think the small handful of people scrambling to get a release out was > any different with Drupal 6 or earlier versions. Just ask chx about > the form API's introduction and Drupal 4.7's release, I am not chx but I somehow participated... It's just a fact of life that during the last stage of the development process participation is very complicated due to the long history that most issues have. To understand that history would be very painful for a newcomer. > the story will resonate very well with you :D The only difference is > that we grew a huge base of followers who don't care as much. These people have always existed. Their relative proportion may have increased. Cheers, Gerhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2HRDoACgkQfg6TFvELooQY3ACeOOj3UVVpp7m9s/+2YjXB4IDd oIIAnA6BvlpTbQOzNl22Of6BGVtp3vM0 =KOo6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [development] #drupal and #drupal-contribute split
by Gerhard Killesreiter 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > From: "Daniel F. Kudwien" <news(a)unleashedmind.com> > Subject: Re: [development] #drupal and #drupal-contribute split (Was: > Re: Proposal: Move all dev support off this list to new StackExchange > site) > To: development(a)drupal.org > > > But that's just one of many possible use-cases. Given a proper > framework and API, most of what has been mentioned and what is flowing > around in terms of ideas to improve the user/support/help experience > could be implemented in various ways. Why have all of those sheer > endless discussions about how to do right to please everyone? Of which > most still have no result after years of discussion? Just let there be > 1-10 experimental apps per problem space that attempt to solve it, and > while doing so, directly solve the problem for the time being. The best > approach wins in the end. > > Bottom line: The apps approach provides many benefits. Instead of > deciding top-down, the community freely decides bottom-up, without > requiring a top-level decision at all. This is already the case, but not well enough utilized: Reasonable improvements to drupal.org are always appreciated. Work is underway to make contributing easier through providing sanitized snapshots and development servers. Cheers, Gerhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2HQs4ACgkQfg6TFvELooSDlQCgu0Hjc6ftNEVNp/i0JOfJeNdd adIAn1viFISqhpfKKotX4IYhHF/7Isa2 =mfpo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Hook_entity_view ajax loaded content
by Idan Arbel 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello, I'm using hook_entity_view() to modify and image field and display only the first image. I've encountered a problem that with ajax loaded content, the hook isn't fired and I get the unchanged field. This is happening using drupal commerce and an loaded attribute information, you can take a look here: http://premiumbaby.co.il/koziol/drupal-7.0/quick-buy/8 at first it is loaded with only one image, but if you change the attribute from white to anything else, and then back to white, you'll see that all the images are loaded. How do I make sure the hook is called on each load? Thanks Idan

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IRC changeover to XMPP?
by Cameron Eagans 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

With all the discussion about IRC channels, coupled with the fact that we're no longer using a crufty old system like CVS, I have to wonder: is it time to refresh our real-time communication platform? I propose that we bring up a Jabber server that supports multi-user conferencing and deprecate IRC. What do you think? Cameron

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