March 2012 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Update Problems
by Ms. Nancy Wichmann 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

I see some issues related to update.php on a site I'm working on.The site is currently 7.7 and I'm trying to get to 7.12.I took a look at the system table and I see 44 modules that have a schema_version of "0". Shouldn't they be "-1" if they've never been updated, or "70xx" if they have? Since the "alpha2alpha" and "alpha2beta" modules are present, I'm wondering if this goes back to very early versions of core. If so, is the fix to manually update them all to "-1" and force an update to occur? And then how do I fix the live site when I don't have access to the database? Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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Forms Api Reference
by David Metzler 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

I know people have probably been busy with DrupalCon, but I created this issue: http://drupal.org/node/1484158 That indicates the forms API reference links have disappeared (along with others). Its been basically been unresponded for about two weeks. Anyone know if the d.o web masters are aware of this? Or did I record it in the wrong place? Dave

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Regarding: Google summer Code 2012
by Mayur Vandra 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Hello, respective I am Mayur Vandra from USA. I will appreciate if you let me know whom to contact for this competition. -- With Regards, Mayur Vandra Stevens Institute of Technology M: (201) 598-6022 Email: mvandra(a)stevens.edu

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Question about hosting project on Drupal.org
by David Metzler 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

I'm in the process of deciding whether to host a project on Drupal.org. The project has to do with student assessment tracking for primary and secondary education. It is currently written in standalone php mode, but I'm seriously considering rewriting it as a module that would run under drupal. It is open source (GPL Version 2.0) so that is not a problem, but it doesn't fit the drupal project in a few key ways: 1. It is written to work with Postgres ONLY. This is because I'm leveraging stored procedures using plpgsql and views and other criteria, as well as leveraging postgres ability to generate XML from the database. 2. It uses Adobe Flex for its data entry forms. Not really interested in rewriting this portion of the code into java script, but this source is also GPL'd. 3. It's targeted towards k-12 school system and wouldn't really be useful to generic web sites. I would likely be bundling a drupal open source distribution custom tailored for k-12 schools to use this system. I host 3 other projects that are normal contrib modules, so I'm quite familiar with project hosting requrements, porting strategies, etc. So with all that in mind, 1. Do people have an ideas/opinions on whether the custom module code should be hosted on drupal.org or on the distribution site? 2. Is there a process I should go through before hosting this module on durpal.org? (I already have GIT access for my other modules)? 2. Is there a process that I should go through before creating a custom distribution and hosting on another site? Trough the association? Through Drupal.org? Thanks in advance for any input. Dave

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Off Topic: DrupalCon Free Food & Drinks (Tues Night)
by Adam Gregory 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

If you are at DrupalCon and want to get some free drinks and food tonight (Tues 6-8pm), courtesy of Forum One, go on over to http://nicenodes.eventbrite.com and register. BE SURE TO SELECT "I am a Guest of: ADAM GREGORY" Come enjoy the drinks and food. Then head over to the official Acquia Party at 8pm. ----- Adam A. Gregory Email: ArcaneAdam(a)gmail.com Web: AdamAGregory.com Phone: 661.347.6597

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GSOC 2012
by Vivek Pradhan 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

Hi there I am Vivek, I am currently pursuing my Btech from Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi. I am an entuhsiastic web developer. I have good knowledge of php, html,javascript and some css and i just love integrating all of these and getting new stuff out of it. I have worked on several content management systems like wordpress,drupal ,joomla,and dreamweaver and i was really thrilled to look at the ideas that people have proposed for improving drupal which is great and i would love to be a part of this project. I have always wanted to improve and learn as much as i can as far as my knowledge with web applications and algorithm designing is concerned. I would love to hear from you people. Thanks

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GSoc '12
by Srijan Gupta 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

Hi, I am Srijan Gupta doing my B.Tech @ IIT Delhi. I totally appreciate your work and looking forward to work with Drupal orgnaisation. I am very fluent in php, MySql, javascript, java, HTML5, ajax, android. Also I have made many website using Drupal. I have a great interest in developing web. I have also written wordpress plug-in . NOTE : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-youtube-relevent-video-player/ I have made many web-apps and facebook games. NOTE : http://www.bouncyballz.in I want to do my GSoc with Drupal and contribute to make things better.

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Prevent sending emails with hook_mail_alter() in d6?
by Mario Schnauss 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Hi all, i am looking for a clean way to prevent drupal 6 sending emails on my custom conditions. In drupal7 i can use hook_mail_alter() and set "send" parameter to false. Is there an workaround for that drupal6? thank you, Mario

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Google Summer of Code 2012
by Ryan Dao 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

Hi, I hope this is the right mailing list to discuss this. I am a student who would like to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2012 (GSOC 2012) program. I have good knowledge of Drupal and have experience in configuring Drupal for commercialized web platforms. The organization list hasn't been released yet, but I hope Drupal is participating again this year. Is there any GSOC 2012 idea list yet? I would really appreciate it if the developers here can help and guide me along in my application process. Best regards, Ryan Dao

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Node reference in core?
by Karl Giesing 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hello, all. This is Karl, aka Karlheinz, the developer for the Discogs module. I'm trying to work with Zirafa, author of the Pushtape module, to come up with a centralized discography framework for Drupal. (I'm also going to see if the Spotify module wants to get on board with this.) We have, however, run into a snag. His module is track-centered, whereas mine is album-centered. In order to have tracks and albums as separate nodes, we need to have some sort of reference to multiple track nodes from an album node. Furthermore, we also need the ability to add Track nodes as we are creating an Album node - that is, we need the ability to create multiple nodes, and their references, all from the single form used to create an album. What should NOT happen is that the user has to create each track individually before they create an album that has those tracks - this is a workflow nightmare. (And it's currently how Pushtape works.) There are currently three D7 modules used to create node references: References, Entity Reference, and Relation. References is the only one not currently in beta - and it's being depricated in favor of one of the other two. Furthermore, as far as I can tell, none of the above allow you to create the references unless the nodes already exist. I had hoped that the new Fields API in D7 would have included this functionality, but alas it was not the case. (I was actually very surprised at this; frankly, I believe it should have been in Drupal since day 1. A "node" is just a piece of information, after all, and there's a reason everyone uses a "relational" database for information.) So, I'm wondering if there isn't the possibility of moving this functionality into Drupal core. If not for D7 (which seems like a lost cause), then for D8 at the very least. In the meantime, is there any one of the three aforementioned node reference modules that the folks at Drupal core think is most promising? We absolutely, positively need this functionality, and we don't want to have to change dependencies - again - due to issues with third parties. p.s. I've been reading all the posts about re-purposing this list to include module developers. We've had this conversation before, but if it's being considered again, I am all for it. The support list is ABSOLUTELY NOT useful in any way for us, and there is currently NO appropriate mailing list for module developers to use. In the meantime, I've been using the Module Development and Code Questions section of the forum, when I need to.http://drupal.org/forum/4 -Karl.

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