Kieran, Sorry if this is OT, but I think it sorta makes sense to say this on this thread. I think the #1 problem Drupal faces is this: Difficulty to upgrade. I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but... I think there should be a button, or something in the admin section that says goes something like the following: Upgrade - Configure when your Drupal software is upgraded 1. Status Upgrade is pending - Somewhere something should say: Upgrade pending! No Upgrades present - Same place it should say: No Upgrades Needed. (wording is off, but you get the idea) other? 2. When are your upgrades to be run? [Nightly] [Monthy] [Only when security releases are available - does this poll drupal.org? heh] [Never] 3. Level of upgrades [Email UID 1 (or whoever is specified) when something is done or available ] Simple Notification Download update but don't install Install upgrade but perform only when UID1 logs in and approves Automagic upgade with no user intervention needed. Heh, Ok, I know I'm probably smoking crack here, and none of this is possible, BUT, from a "newbie" Drupal Administrator, this would be a MAJOR plus on helping keep things maintained. I'd personally select the Automagic upgrades. That way I wouldn't have to worry about things. There is a LOT more thinking that has to go into something like this, and I know it's probably a 6.0 feature, but... it would really make managing a Drupal site a complete and utter breeze. Trae On 10/14/06, Kieran Lal <kieran@civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
Hello, there are hundreds, possibly thousands of available patches in the queue for head.
If there are patches available that address managing large lists of items (users, nodes, comments, groups, blocks, menus) then please help identify them. Also, if there are patches that help in the discovery of Drupal settings for administrators please help to identify those patches as well.
These are not requests for new features to be added to Drupal 5.0. It is a request to help identify proposed solutions to user experience problems that have been identified in the Drupal administration survey. We would like to include these proposed solutions as part of the user experience survey report.
Cheers, Kieran
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