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Minimum MySQL version
by Larry Garfield 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

This has been discussed in a few circles, but this seems the optimal place for it. I propose that for Drupal 7 we make MySQL 5.0 our minimum MySQL version. Justification: Active support for MySQL 4.1 has long-since ended[1]. It is in legacy/extended support status now only. The same is true of MySQL 4.0, which we've already left behind (fortunately). Now, let's be realistic. Drupal 7 is most likely a year away from release, give or take a month. Like previous versions, it will likely be the premiere release for a year or so. In that year, MySQL 4.1 will cease even extended support, at the end of 2009, just as MySQL 4.1 legacy support ends at the end of this year. That means by the time Drupal 7 ships, with PHP 5.2 as a minimum requirement, MySQL 4.1 will be about as modern as PHP 4.2. :-) What does MySQL 5 offer us? 1) SQL Views 2) Stored procedures 3) Perhaps most importantly, many many fewer minor versions each with their own bugs for us to have to work around. 4) The full changelog[2] I am flexible on which minor version of MySQL 5.0 to target, but a year from now there will be no point to keeping MySQL 4.1 around anymore. Let's plan ahead to make Drupal 7 the "all 5s" release. :-) [1] http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/lifecycle/#calendar [2] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry(a)garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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OpenID for the masses
by Derek Wright 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Sorry if this is old news to some, but I just saw this referenced in the SANS security newsletter and I thought the dev list might be interested: http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/58342 "Google, Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign, Yahoo Join OpenID Board" "In a move that could help deliver single sign-on to the masses, Google, Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign and Yahoo have joined a consortium that backs a common federated identity specification..." Cheers, -Derek (dww)

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Invitation to join Students Hang Out from sanari9
by sanari9＠gmail.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

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Invitation to join Students Hang Out from sanari9
by sanari9＠gmail.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

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Invitation to join Students Hang Out from sanari9@gmail.com
by sanari9＠gmail.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

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Invitation to join Students Hang Out from sanari9@gmail.com
by sanari9＠gmail.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

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Drupal 6.0 is released!
by Gábor Hojtsy 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hello World, Thanks to your hard work on the features going to Drupal 6 over the last year and all the work put to fixing bugs in the final stages as well, Drupal 6.0 is now released. The announcement is at http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0 and includes announcement for some of the cool new stuff from contributions as well, made possible with this release. This marks a new point in updating your modules to Drupal 6, if you have not done so. Coder module (also linked from the announcement) is an awesome tool to help with this. Also note that Drupal 4.7 is not officially supported as of today, so no new Drupal 4.7 releases are expected. Whether you support 4.7 versions of your modules is up to you. But the most immediate task for all is to go out and do some partying. Spread the great news on the new release. Happy hacking with Drupal 7, Gabor

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Design work on fields in core and more
by Barry Jaspan 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Six Drupal developers met for three days in Feburary 2008 to work on and re-design Drupal's core data architecture. We began with an overly broad list of topics and goals and spoke in very general terms about "Drupal's overall mission" and similarly vague concepts. By the end of the design sprint, we devised a tangible vision for Drupal's future and an understandable method for getting there. In more concrete terms, we talked about moving CCK fields in core and how local data fields (e.g. votes, comments, whatever) can be attached to remote data objects. Our notes and discussions are available at http://groups.drupal.org/data-architecture-design-sprint. Please read at least everything starting from our Day 1 notes before telling us how stupid we are. :-) Thanks, Barry

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D6 SAPI: using hook_install to ALTER {tables}
by Augustin (Beginner) 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hello, I just read through the Schema API documentation: http://drupal.org/node/146843 All the examples of hook_install() assume the module is creating a whole new table. E.g. here http://drupal.org/node/146862 and here: http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_install function hook_install() { drupal_install_schema('upload'); } What if a contrib module wants to ALTER an existing table (created by another module)? Q1) Do I still use hook_schema() to define the extra field and call it from hook_install() as in the examples? Q2) Or, do I call db_add_field() from hook_install()? Q3) Is it considered best practice to create your own tables rather than adding fields to existing tables "belonging" to other modules? Blessings, Augustin.

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Update notifications not working in forums on d.o.?
by Tomas J. Fulopp - Vacilando.org 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hi, Could someone who knows kindly answer this http://drupal.org/node/216337 -- I have waited 12 days for a definite answer. Basically, why d.o. does not send mail alerts with watched / contributed forum threads (as it does with updated issues). I think that this significantly impacts usability of the site -- don't you? Thanks, Vacilando -- Tomáš J. Fülöpp Vacilando: Travel In All Senses http://www.vacilando.org (http://www.vacilando.eu) /Is miracle simply an euphemism for something we do not understand?!/

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